(Sioux City)– A Spencer man has been sentenced to 41 months in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to illegally possessing a firearm. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa says Casey Tuttle was sentenced Wednesday.
Tuttle had been convicted in 2021 for 3rd degree burglary, possession of methamphetamine…3rd or subsequent offense, and in 2018 of 2nd degree burglary. The felony convictions prohibited Tuttle from possessing a firearm or ammunition.
Evidence presented at court proceedings showed that in the early morning of April 4th, 2024, Spencer police stopped Tuttle while riding his bicycle in the dark without taillights or a reflector. Tuttle was arrested after police discovered he was wanted on outstanding warrants. A search of Tuttle and a backpack he was wearing turned up a .22 caliber revolver, ammunition, marijuana, knives, 1 gram of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Tuttle admitted to police he was a drug user. As such, Tuttle was also prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition.
Tuttle remains in the custody of a U.S. Marshal pending transport to a federal prison.
The Spencer Police Department and U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case.
