(Council Bluffs) A Council Bluffs man was sentenced to prison for Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa says 55-year-old Shawn Morgal was sentenced to 27 months in prison to be followed by a term of supervised release of three years.
On May 21, 2018, the Council Bluffs Police Department received a report of a theft from a local gun store. Morgal admitted to stealing a pistol from the gun store and later trading it in exchange for controlled substances.
This case was investigated by the Council Bluffs Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.
