(Radio Iowa) – A man who authorities say is a member of a Waterloo gang has been sentenced to over three years in federal prison on a gun charge. Twenty-seven year old Sir Frank Nelson the third of Waterloo was arrested after a traffic stop in mid-2020. According to court records, police found marijuana and a stolen semi-automatic pistol in the vehicle. Nelson pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in May.

Prosecutors in northern Iowa have also announced a 29-year-old man from Hawarden has pleaded guilty to two federal drug charges after he was caught in a group selling meth in the Sioux City area. A news release from the U-S Attorney’s Office indicates an undercover buyer paid five-thousand dollars for the meth. Court records indicate Jose Duenas-Topete admits he received pounds of meth for distribution in Woodbury and Plymouth Counties. He’ll be sentenced later.