(Denison) A man who robbed the Country Store in Denison was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in federal prison.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa says 24-year-old Nhial Biliew, from Denison, received the prison term after a guilty plea to one count of interference with commerce by robbery.
Evidence in the case revealed on June 23, 2020, Biliew used a gun to rob the Country Store in Denison. Biliew had previously been convicted for Interference with Official Acts; Theft, in the 4th Degree; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia; Providing False Identification Information; and Criminal Mischief in the 5th Degree.
Biliew was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand to 204 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.
Biliew is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
