(Radio Iowa) – A Jackson County man who used a government cattle loan for his personal expenses will spend ten months in federal prison. Twenty-six-year-old Brian Robert Detwiler of Bellevue pleaded guilty to one count of conversion of property pledged to a farm credit agency.

In his plea agreement, he admits he got a 50-thousand dollar U-S-D-A loan to buy cattle and then used some of the money for work on his house, gambling, food, and alcohol. He did buy 35 head of cattle for 32-thousand dollars — then sold 22 head for a profit — and used the money in casinos and bars.