COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA — A man from Nebraska was sentenced Tuesday (July 20) in Council Bluffs U-S District Court, for drug and firearms offenses. The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa, reports 35-year-old Daniel James Haacke, of Omaha, received a sentence of 160 months in prison. His term of imprisonment is to be followed by four years of supervised release.

According to court documents, Haacke pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking in February of 2021. Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement.

The Council Bluffs Police Department, Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case.