A former small-town Iowa police chief has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for lying to authorities to acquire ...

Brad Wendt was convicted by a federal jury of lying to the government in order to buy guns before selling them for profit, ...

The former small-town Iowa police chief recently convicted of illegally dealing in automatic weapons has been sentenced to ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A former small-town Iowa police chief has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for lying to authorities to acquire machine guns that prosecutors said he sold for his ...

Former Iowa Police Chief Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison in Federal Gun Case DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former small-town Iowa police chief has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for ...

He was sentenced Monday, KCCI-TV reported. Wendt was indicted in December 2022. Authorities said he bought machine guns for the police department, then sold them for an almost $80,000 personal profit.