Chicago man sentenced to two years for cedar rapids drug, gun crimes
Delmargo Dushawn Bruce, 35, received the term July 20 after pleading guilty to 2024 heroin and fentanyl sales plus illegal firearm possession.
A Chicago man was sentenced July 20 to two years in federal prison for selling heroin and fentanyl in Cedar Rapids and illegally possessing a firearm.
Delmargo Dushawn Bruce, 35, of Chicago, admitted in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa that he sold substances containing heroin and fentanyl in Cedar Rapids in July 2024. KCRG reported.
A search of his Cedar Rapids home in August 2024 turned up a loaded handgun. Bruce had a 2015 domestic-violence conviction that barred him from possessing firearms, according to court records cited by The Gazette.
Chief Judge C.J. Williams imposed the two-year term plus three years of supervised release after Bruce pleaded guilty Feb. 5, 2026, in case 1:25-cr-00063. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa announced the outcome.
The sentence addresses drug trafficking and gun violations that reached Cedar Rapids and Linn County residents in 2024.
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- 1.Chicago man sentenced for drug, gun crimes in Cedar Rapids - KCRG — Google News — Cedar Rapids & Linn County
- 2.Chicago Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug and Gun Crimes — U.S. Department of Justice, Northern District of Iowa
- 3.Chicago man sentenced to 2 years for trafficking drugs in Cedar Rapids — The Gazette
- 4.Chicago man sentenced for drug, gun crimes in Cedar Rapids — KCRG
- 5.25-063 - USA v. Bruce — U.S. Government Publishing Office / U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa
- 6.Chicago man sentenced for drug, gun crimes in Cedar Rapids - KCRG — Google News — Cedar Rapids & Linn County
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