COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – A man from Pottawattamie County was sentenced Friday (11/19) to serve 42 months (3.5-years) in prison, for being a Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. A Judge in Council Bluffs U-S District Court also ordered 42-year-old Domingo Ace Vasquez, III, of Council Bluffs, to three-years of supervised release following completion of his prison term.

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.