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Pott. County man sentenced to 10-years on gun, drug & police assault charges

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September 30th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

A Pottawattamie County man was sentenced to 10-years in prison Tuesday, after agreeing to plead guilty to three out of 11 charges filed against him. The Daily NonPareil says 34-year old Jesse Wilkinson, of Council Bluffs, will serve a 10-year term in prison for felony 1st-Degree theft, in connection with a stolen 2012 Chevrolet Corvette; 10 years for felony possession of less than five grams of methamphetamine, and five years on a felony charge of assaulting a police officer with intent to inflict injury. The sentences will be served concurrently, which means his prison term for state convictions should not exceed 10 years. He will be eligible for parole in approximately 39 months.

Wilkinson won’t start his 10 years on the Iowa charges until he fulfills his 84-month sentence on Federal charges. On Aug. 6th, Wilkinson was sentenced to seven years in prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. He was prohibited from possessing a firearm after he was convicted in 2003 in Nebraska on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Wilkinson pleaded guilty on April 2nd, 2015, to the current charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The Metro Fugitive Task Force arrested Wilkinson on Dec. 23, 2014, in Omaha. Court reports state that Wilkinson stole the Corvette between the hours of 2-p.m. on Dec. 12, 2014 and 10-a.m. on Dec. 13, 2014. On Dec. 23rd, 2014 Council Bluffs police officers Jarrod Poore and Corey Woodward found the stolen Corvette. As the officers exited their police cruiser, an unmarked Chevrolet Impala, Wilkinson placed the Corvette into reverse and backed into the police car. After Wilkinson hit the Impala, Poore fired two shots at Wilkinson.

According to police reports, in an interview on Dec. 24, 2014, Woodard said he believed Wilkinson, after reversing the Corvette into the Impala, turned the car to next run over Poore. He also said that Wilkinson was hit by the gunshots due to his body movements. Neither officer was injured during the assault.

When Wilkinson sped away, officers lost sight of him during the pursuit. Omaha Police later found the car abandoned, with blood found on the interior in the driver’s seat area. Authorities found Wilkinson in the area hours later.