Fort Dodge Man to Federal Prison for Illegal Purchase of Firearm Conviction

A man who illegally purchased three firearms was sentenced on August 20, 2024, in federal court in Sioux City.

Hunter Collier, 22, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, pled guilty on April 1, 2024, to making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm.

Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that Collier, a marijuana user, purchased a .380 ACP pistol in July of 2022, from a federally firearms licensed business, in Fort Dodge. At the time of the purchase, Collier represented on the federal purchasing form that he was not a marijuana user, and that he was purchasing the firearm for himself, when in fact he was purchasing the firearm for another. The next day, Collier illegally purchased two additional firearms in Des Moines, Iowa.

Sentencing was held before United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand. Collier was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment and must serve a two-year term of supervised release following imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. Collier was taken into U.S. Marshals custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Patrick T. Greenwood and was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Webster County Sheriff's Office.

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.

The case file number is 23-3035.

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