COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – Court records show two Council Bluffs men were sentenced to prison in U-S District court, for being a prohibited person in Possession of a firearm. 30-year-old Dalton Theodore Holland was sentenced Tuesday, May 10th, to 4 1/2 years (51 months). His co-defendant, 26-year-old Joshua Michael Holmes was sentenced to 5 1/4 years (63 months). Each man will also serve three-years of supervised release.

Holland plead guilty to the charge Nov. 18, 2021. Holmes plead guilty on April 15, 2021 and was sentenced in Aug. 2021.

In November of 2020, officers observed Holland and Holmes arrive at a home in Council Bluffs driving stolen vehicles. As officers attempted to approach Holland and Holmes, they attempted to flee in one of the stolen trucks but the truck got stuck. Officers boxed the truck in and apprehended Holmes. Holland ran from the bed of the truck and was stopped a short distance away by a police dog. Holland and Holms were found in possession of stolen items and firearms.

Officers located a firearm on Holmes in a hip holster and another in his coveralls pocket. Two firearms were also located in the stolen Silverado that Holland drove to the home.

The Council Bluffs Police Department, Southwest Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Offices for the Southern District of Iowa.