Sioux City, Iowa — A Spirit Lake man has been sentenced to a year a half in prison on a federal firearms charge.
The US Attorney’s Office tells us that 36-year-old Andrew Mitchell pleaded guilty in October of last year to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.
As part of a plea deal, Mitchell admitted that on August 8th, 2023, he was stopped by law enforcement for riding his bike on the wrong side of the road in Spencer, and that he provided a false name to the officer. Mitchell resisted being handcuffed and was arrested. During a search of Mitchell, police located a suspected THC vape pen, methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, a scale with methamphetamine residue, and a loaded 9-millimeter gun with an obliterated serial number strapped to his chest.
Mitchell admitted to being a user of controlled substances which prohibited him from possessing firearms. Mitchell is being held in the custody of a federal marshal pending transport to a federal prison.
The case was investigated by the Spencer Police Department, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
(Courtesy fellow Community First Broadcasting station KUOO in Spirit Lake)
