A man who illegally possessed a gun was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison.Edinton Grugbay Wright, age 30, from Marion, Iowa, received the prison term after a December 11, 2025, guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm.Evidence during the case showed Wright was originally convicted in federal court of being a drug user in possession of a firearm. In 2022, after his release from federal prison, Wright began serving a term of supervised release. While on supervised release, Cedar Rapids Police Department officers attempted to stop a car where Wright was seated in the front passenger seat. The car refused to stop and instead drove onto the front lawn of a residential home. Both the driver and Wright ran from the car. As officers pursued Wright, he threw a loaded pistol onto the ground. Officers eventually located Wright and the pistol.Wright was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams. Wright was sentenced to 27 months’ imprisonment. He 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.Wright is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Lisa C. Williams and Timothy Vavricek and investigated by the Cedar Rapids Safe Streets Task Force. The task force is composed of representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cedar Rapids Police Department.Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 25-CR-0048.Follow us on X @USAO_NDIA.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice