(Sioux City)– An Emmet county man has been sentenced to a year and-a-half behind bars on a federal weapons charge. 24-year-old Richard Quintana of Dolliver was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Sioux City. Quintana pleaded guilty on May 23rd of this year to one count of prohibited person in possession of a firearm.
Evidence at court proceedings showed Quintana illegally purchased and possessed firearms on five occasions between 2021 and 2022. Despite being a drug user, Quintana marked on purchasing forms he was not. As a drug user, Quintana was prohibited from purchasing and possessing firearms. Three of the firearms Quintana purchased were later recovered by law enforcement as part of crimes committed by other individuals. In December of 2023, law enforcement observed Quintana driving a vehicle in Fort Dodge. As officers tried to stop the vehicle driven by Quintana, he led law enforcement on a high speed pursuit through residential areas of Fort Dodge before being stopped and arrested.
In addition to the prison term, Quintana will also be required to serve a two-year term of supervised release. Quintana is being held in the custody of a U.S. Marshal pending transport to a federal prison.
