Dubuque Man Pleads Guilty To Weapons Charges

A Dubuque man who was accused of repeatedly firing a gun into the air has pleaded guilty to a federal weapons charge. 39 year old Ivan Berry pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to a charge of possession of a firearm by a felon. Berry faces a possible sentence of 15 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. According to a report, Dubuque police were told on October 26th that a man later identified as Berry was outside his residence and had fired four or five gunshots into the air. After further investigation, police were granted and executed a search warrant at Berry’s residence on October 27th. They found a pistol concealed below a panel under the kitchen sink. Berry is not allowed to possess firearms after being convicted in March 2021 in Dubuque County of charges that included possession of contraband in a correctional institution, a felony.