A felon who ran from officers and dropped a gun in northeast Iowa has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison.
Evidence at a prior court hearing showed that on October 1, 2025, in Waterloo, officers went to a liquor store because of a report that two men wearing masks were walking around the area and looking in cars. Officers arrived and located the two men. One man, later identified as 19-year-old Darrell Wilson of Cedar Rapids, fled the scene.
An officer chased Wilson and saw him pull out a gun from his waistline. Wilson fell and dropped the gun. After Wilson was taken into custody, officers retraced the path of the pursuit and found the gun. Wilson has felony convictions for conspiracy to commit a forcible felony and going armed with intent…