A man pulled over near Dubuque with more than 1 pound of meth recently was sentenced to nearly 15 years in federal prison.Â
Tyson R. Wahlen, 34, of Dodgeville, Wis., was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to 14 years, 10 months in prison after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. He faced up to life in prison after being convicted of that charge.
He also must serve five years of supervised release after his prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.Â
Wahlen initially was charged in Iowa District Court for Dubuque County, but those charges were dismissed in lieu of the federal prosecution.
rim fire. so scott, i m a californian. i ve been to yosemite. i ve hiked half dome. it is one of the jewels of the national park system. it is absolutely beautiful. you have a lot of poem concerned. how close is this getting to obviously the sites there of the valley there in yosemite? right now the fire is well over 20 miles away from yosemite valley. the fire entered the park last evening in the lake eleanor area which is in the northwestern portion of the park. this is a fairly remote area. there s not a lot of visitor services. but then you mention half tome, el capitan, yosemite falls, yosemite valley, are well over 20 miles away from the fire. scott gedeman, we appreciate you being on the phone with us. let s bring in chad myers. he has pretty cool maps on this. chad you ve got about 4 million people who visit yosemite.
reaction we got. he has passed up on making any statements, testify himself. he s only asked a handful of questions of the witnesses, many of the witnesses who were his very own victims in this case. so it will be interesting to see how nidal hasan continues to react throughout the remainder of this. because breanna, we now move onto the sentencing phase and the punishment. because of these guilty verdicts, 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of premeditated attempted murder, 45 counts in all, nidal hasan is eligible for the death penalty here in this military justice system. so that part begins on monday. prosecutors are expected to call family members from each of the victims who were killed. it is not clear what nidal hasan will do if he will take the opportunity to kind of make any statements. the only time he s talked was at the very beginning during the opening statements where right out of the gate he admitted he was the shooter, and then started talking abo
0 soldiers back in 2009. frankly it s the verdict that hasan wanted. cnn s ed lavendara just left the courtroom. reporter: it was an intense scene for the family members inside that courtroom as this verdict was read. in many ways it s a verdict that everyone knew was coming but nonetheless still very difficult for the family members who have had to endure the pain of almost the last three weeks of listening to the testimony. and i think even more difficult yesterday during the closing arguments that prosecutors put on watching the videotape from inside the room where the massacre occurred and everything that was left behind and the blood-stained floors and just that difficult scene in there was very difficult for those family members who have been sitting inside that courtroom for so long. nidal hasan simply stared at the soldier that read the verdict, had no reaction just sat there stoically stroking his beard. and that was about all of the reaction we got. he has passed up on maki
let s go out front. i m erin burnett. out front tonight two people dead after a shooting on the campus of virginia tech. it was a scene that was hauntingly familiar to the tragedy that riveted the nation 33 lives lost on the campus four years ago with a shooter. it began today shortly after noon when a gunman walked up to a campus police car and opened fire, killing the officer. one emotional student witnessed the policeman being gunned down. the police pulled up and they opened his car door. and when they opened it, he just fell out towards the ground. and then they immediately started reviving him. and i guess the officer didn t make it because they just covered him with a sheet. the campus was placed under lockdown as the shooter fled to a nearby parking lot where police later found the body of what appeared to be a second victim. for more than four hours, students, faculty and parents were left in the dark as police tried to find the shooter. the gunman described as