Waterloo Man Sentenced to Over Five Years in Federal Prison for Stolen Firearm Possession
Da’Tellton Nix, a 19-year-old man from Waterloo, Iowa, has been sentenced to 70 months (nearly six years) in federal prison for possessing a stolen firearm. Nix, who had a prior felony conviction for intimidation with a dangerous weapon involving firing a gun at multiple people, was apprehended on January 28, 2026. Law enforcement, acting on information that Nix was armed and had an active warrant for probation violations, located him leaving a Chuck E. Cheese in Cedar Falls. During the arrest, Nix attempted to flee and was tased before admitting to having a firearm in his waistband. The weapon was later confirmed to have been stolen from a federal firearms licensee. In June, Nix pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon. United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand also mandated a three-year term of supervised release following his prison sentence, with no possibility of parole in the federal system.
