COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – A Pottawattamie County man was sentenced this week to prison on a firearms charge. 56-year old Patrick Daniel Kampe, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on February 3rd in Council Bluffs United States District Court, to 60 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Kampe pleaded guilty to the charge on September 21, 2020.

On May 12, 2020, a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Task Force Officer received a tip regarding a felon with warrants living in Council Bluffs who was in possession of a firearm. Kampe was located at the targeted residence and arrested. Officers located a loaded Glock 26 9mm pistol, small amounts of methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia in the home. The investigation was conducted by the Council Bluffs Police Department and the ATF. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

And, the U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa has announced 39-year old Brian Keith Messer, of Omaha, Neb., was sentenced in Council Bluffs United States District Court, to 24 months in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for failure to register as a sex offender. Messer pleaded guilty to the charge on October 16, 2020.

Messer was convicted in Nebraska in 2016 of attempted sexual assault on a child in the third degree. As a result of this conviction, Messer is a sex offender and is required to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”). In October 2018, Messer moved from Nebraska to Iowa and did not register in the State of Iowa as required.

The investigation was conducted by the United States Marshals Service and the case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.