A man from Pottawattamie County was sentenced Thursday in U-S District Court to 75-months in prison for possession a firearm after a felony conviction. In addition to the nearly six a a-half year prison term, 50-year old Timothy Andrew Frieze, of Council Bluffs, was ordered to serve a term of three years of supervised release when he completes his imprisonment.

On August 14th, 2014, Frieze pled guilty to Possession of a Firearm by a convicted felon. The charge was the result of an investigation being done by the Southwest Iowa
Narcotics Task Force into drug trafficking in Council Bluffs. On October 11th, 2013, he was seen leaving a residence that was under law enforcement surveillance for suspicion of narcotics trafficking. Frieze was stopped by law enforcement and found to be carrying a Raven .25 caliber handgun. The man was prohibited from possession of the firearm based on several prior convictions for felony offenses.

The investigation was conducted by the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force, the
Council Bluffs Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.