22 Year Old Female who Purchased Firearms for Others Sentenced in Federal Court

A female who purchased multiple firearms for others was sentenced November 20, 2024, to five years of federal probation for lying to federally licensed firearms dealers while buying firearms.

Jasmin Alexandria Fox, age 22, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a June 17, 2024 guilty plea to one count of false statement during purchase of a firearm. From August 2023 through September 2023, Fox purchased multiple firearms, claiming she was buying them for herself, that were then provided to other individuals. The guns purchased by Fox were linked to two "shots-fired" incidents and one robbery in Cedar Rapids. One of the firearms purchased by Fox was recovered by Cedar Rapids Police on a felon during a struggle. Another firearm purchased by Fox was later recovered from a juvenile.

Fox was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams. Fox was sentenced to 5 years of probation.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Nicole L. Nagin, and it was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Cedar Rapids Police Department, and the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

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

The case file number is 24-CR- 00026.

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