Sioux City, Iowa — A Spencer man has been sent to federal prison to serve a nearly four-year term for illegally possessing a firearm
The US Attorney’s Office tells us that 26-year-old Casey Tuttle of Spencer was sentenced on Tuesday to 41 months’ imprisonment.
The US Attorney’s office says that on August 29, 2024, in federal court in Sioux City, Tuttle pled guilty to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Tuttle was previously convicted in 2021 in the Iowa District Court of burglary, third degree; possession of methamphetamine, third or subsequent offense; and in 2018 of burglary, second degree. Each of these are felony convictions which prohibit Tuttle from possessing a firearm or ammunition.
Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that in the early morning of April 4, 2024, Spencer Police Department officers stopped Tuttle while he was riding his bike in the dark without taillights or reflectors. It was determined Tuttle had outstanding arrest warrants, so he was placed under arrest. During a search of Tuttle and a backpack he was wearing, law enforcement located a .22 caliber revolver, ammunition, marijuana, knives, one gram of methamphetamine, and other drug-use paraphernalia. Tuttle admitted to law enforcement he was a drug user. As a drug user, Tuttle is also prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition.
Sentencing was held before United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand. Tuttle was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison and he must serve a three-year term of supervised release following imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. Tuttle remains in the custody of the United States Marshal until he can be transported to a federal prison.
