Former Iowa police chief sentenced to 5 years in prison in federal gun case

A erstwhile small-town Iowa constabulary main has been sentenced to 5 years successful national situation for lying to authorities to get instrumentality guns that prosecutors accidental helium sold for his ain profit

DES MOINES, Iowa -- A erstwhile small-town Iowa constabulary main has been sentenced to 5 years successful national situation for lying to authorities to get instrumentality guns that prosecutors said helium sold for his ain profit.

Former Adair Police Chief Brad Wendt was convicted successful February of conspiring to marque mendacious statements to the national Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, making mendacious statements to the bureau and amerciable possession of a instrumentality gun. He was sentenced Monday, KCCI-TV reported.

Wendt was indicted successful December 2022. Authorities said helium bought instrumentality guns for the constabulary department, past sold them for an astir $80,000 idiosyncratic profit. Trial grounds showed helium bought instrumentality guns for his weapon store, including a .50-caliber instrumentality weapon helium mounted to his ain armored Humvee, utilizing the letters, national prosecutors said.

Wendt's attorney, Nicholas Klinefeldt, said successful February that the assemblage convicted him based connected erroneous assemblage instructions, and that an entreaty was planned. A connection was near Tuesday with Klinefeldt.

Adair has astir 800 residents. Wendt became constabulary main successful July 2018.