CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – A federal judge in Cedar Rapids has sentenced a man to eight years in prison for stealing over a dozen firearms from a house in Waterloo.
Justin Barnes, 29, from Rock Island, Illinois was sentenced on May 1. He pleaded guilty in November of 2025 to possession of stolen firearms and possessing firearms as a felon.
According to court hearings, Barnes took the guns from an unoccupied home in Waterloo in June of 2024 with the help of his then-girlfriend, Jena Wells, who acted as lookout…