Sioux City, Iowa — A former Hartley man is headed to federal prison.
35-year-old Joe Ripka of Spencer, formerly of Hartley, will spend more than a year in federal prison after his August guilty plea to charges of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. According to federal authorities, Ripka was convicted of Failure to Affix Drug Stamp in Emmet County in 2017, and that conviction prohibited him from possessing a firearm.
Court records indicate that Ripka was also discovered to be in possession of a handgun, as well as a controlled substance, following a Cherokee County traffic stop in December of 2021.
Following his prison sentence, Ripka will serve a three-year term of supervised release.
For more on Ripka’s guilty plea, see KIWA’s previous coverage below…….
https://kiwaradio.com/local-news/hartley-felon-pleads-guilty-to-federal-handgun-charge/
