(Cedar Rapids, IA) -- A Waterloo man's been sentenced to eight years in prison, after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon. U.S. District Judge C.J. Williams called 28-year-old Trenton Sliekers was a "violent man" and a "very dangerous" person" who had at least three prior violent crimes, who kept committing crime after crime.
The judge further found that Sliekers posed a “danger” and was “likely to reoffend.”
Statements at sentencing indicated that Sliekers used the firearm to shoot six times from a motorcycle at a home occupied by multiple people, including children. Documents at sentencing noted that one of the bullets lodged in a couch cushion.
Sliekers must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
This case was brought as part of the Department of Justice's Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN). The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jake Schunk and investigated by the Waterloo Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation