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(Council Bluffs) A California man faces a five-year federal prison term in connection with a drug investigation.
U.S. District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey Tuesday sentenced 35-year-old Dmitry Alexander Borisov of California to 60 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Borisov was ordered to serve four years of supervised release to follow his prison term, and pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims Fund.
Borisov pleaded guilty in August in connection with a January incident, in which Council Bluffs Police stopped the suspect while driving a rental truck on Interstate 80. While issuing a citation, a police dog alerted to the presence of a controlled substance in Borisov s vehicle. Law enforcement discovered that the truck contained over 1,200 pounds of marijuana.
June started as May ended, with racial strife and anger about injustice erupting across the country.
In Council Bluffs, there was a large law enforcement presence in the city amid concerns of anger and unrest about the death of two Black men. With nationwide protests of the murder of George Floyd â and the ensuing counter-protests â sometimes turning destructive, including in Omaha, the Council Bluffs Police Department and a number of local agencies teamed to increase enforcement in Council Bluffs, while the city instituted an 8 p.m. curfew. on both May 31 and June 1.
âWhat we saw were incidents unfolding across the country and across the river,â Council Bluffs Police Chief Tim Carmody said. âWe were concerned about those crossing over into our community.â
(Council Bluffs) A man convicted of illegal firearm possession faces more than four years in prison.
U.S. Attorney Marc Krickbaum says 37-year-old John Randall Parson of Council Bluffs was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to 51 months in prison for felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. U.S. District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey also sentenced Parson to three years of supervised release following his prison term. Parson was also ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victim s Fund.
Parson pleaded guilty in July of this year. Council Bluffs Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case, which was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.
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