A woman who illegally possessed a stolen gun after being convicted of a felony offense was sentenced today to more than six years in federal prison.
Daisha Rae Bradshaw, age 33, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a September 12, 2025, guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon.
At the guilty plea, Bradshaw admitted she illegally possessed a gun on May 16, 2025. On that date, police located a stolen gun and methamphetamine in her purse during a traffic stop. Bradshaw was prohibited from possessing firearms because of felony convictions from 2017 and 2018. She has prior convictions for assault, including assaulting police officers, domestic abuse assault, and felony theft. Bradshaw also has multiple convictions for eluding, where she led officers on high-speed car chases that involved traveling at speeds exceeding the posted speed limit by 25 mph, driving on the wrong direction of an exit ramp off of Interstate 380, and ending in vehicle collisions…