Cedar Rapids Felon with Gun Sent to Federal Prison

A felon who possessed a gun in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison. Cody Michael Adkins, age 25, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after an April 1, 2026, guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon. Information at sentencing showed that in March 2025 in Cedar Rapids, officers stopped a car that Adkins was driving. Adkins had a suspended driver’s license. Officers smelled the odor of marijuana and searched the car. They found a loaded gun under the front passenger seat. Adkins’s thumbprint was on the magazine that was inserted into the gun, and his DNA was on the slide of the gun. When law enforcement officers first attempted to arrest Adkins, he fled. Officers found and arrested him approximately one month later. Adkins was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams. Adkins was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment and must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system. Adkins is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison. This case is part of Operation Take Back America , a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Devra T. Hake and investigated by the Cedar Rapids Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation. Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl . The case file number is 26-CR-1. Follow us on X @USAO_NDIA.