(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 Domingo Ace Vasquez, III, age 42, was sentenced on Friday to forty-two months in prison. His term of imprisonment is to be followed by three years of supervised release.
On February 21, 2021, the Council Bluffs Police Department responded to a call at a casino regarding a man with a gun and methamphetamine. Vasquez was located and was in possession of a SIG Sauer, Model P938, 9mm pistol. A drug dog made a positive indication and alert on Vasquez’s vehicle, and a loaded magazine that fit the gun was found inside the vehicle.
United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Council Bluffs Police Department investigated the case.