SIOUX CITY MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 13 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON ON A DRUG AND WEAPONS RELATED CHARGE.
32-YEAR-OLD FREDRICK PERKINS PLEADED GUILTY EARLIER THIS YEAR TO ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IN FURTHERANCE OF A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SEARCHED PERKINS’ HOME AS THE RESULT OF SUSPECTED DRUG RELATED ACTIVITY AND FOUND A HANDGUN WITH A LOADED MAGAZINE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY STOLEN FROM ANOTHER ADDRESS IN SIOUX CITY.
OFFICERS ALSO FOUND LARGE QUANTITIES OF MARIJUANA AND OVER $2100 IN U.S. CURRENCY.
PERKINS, WHO HAS A LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY, WAS SENTENCED TO 165 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT.
