Source: United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
A man who used his girlfriend to purchase guns for others and himself was sentenced today to 260 months in federal prison.
Levi Allen Doolin, age 22, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a June 26, 2024 guilty plea to three counts of aiding and abetting false statements during the purchase of a firearm. In September 2023, Doolin aided and abetted his then girlfriend, Jasmin Fox, who was previously sentenced in federal court, when she attempted to and did successfully purchase multiple firearms on behalf of others. The evidence at the sentencing hearing showed that Doolin used one of the firearms purchased by Fox in two different shots fired incidents in Cedar Rapids as well as in a robbery. The evidence at the hearing also showed that Doolin had previously possessed firearms as a drug user while on high-risk supervision. In imposing its sentence, and in reflecting on Doolin’s serious criminal history, the sentencing judge noted that Doolin was “out of control.”
Doolin was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams. Doolin was sentenced to 120 months on two counts and 20 months on the third count, with the sentences to run consecutively for a total of 260 months’ imprisonment. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Doolin is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Nicole L. Nagin, and it was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Cedar Rapids Police Department, and the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
The case file number is 24-CR- 00026.
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