A felon who ran from officers and dropped a gun was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison. Darrell Jawon Wilson, age 19, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after an April 13, 2026, guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon.Evidence at a prior court hearing showed that on October 1, 2025, in Waterloo, Iowa, officers went to a liquor store because of a report that two men wearing masks were walking around the area and looking in cars. Officers arrived and located the two men. One man, later identified as Wilson, ran. An officer chased him and saw him pull out a gun from his waistline. Wilson fell and dropped the gun. After Wilson was taken into custody, officers retraced the path of the pursuit and found the gun. Wilson has felony convictions for conspiracy to commit a forcible felony and going armed with intent.Wilson was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams. Wilson was sentenced to 27 months’ imprisonment and must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Devra T. Hake and was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Waterloo Police Department. Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 25-CR-2067. Follow us on X @USAO_NDIA.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice