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Husband Gets 23 Years for Crack and Gun Crimes; Wife Sentenced to 15 Months for Lying About His Crimes

U.S. Attorney’s Office September 17, 2010
  • Northern District of Iowa (319) 363-6333

A man who distributed crack cocaine and possessed firearms as a convicted felon and domestic abuser was sentenced today to more than 23 years in federal prison. His wife was sentenced yesterday to more than a year in prison for lying in an effort to conceal his crimes.

DeShawn Hull, age 29, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a guilty plea to distributing crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school and to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and domestic abuser. Hull’s wife, Natalie Hull, age 28, received her sentence after pleading guilty to committing perjury before a federal grand jury.

DeShawn Hull admitted that, in November 2009, he sold crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of McKinley Middle School in Cedar Rapids after having previously been convicted of a felony drug offense. He also admitted that, in July 2007, he was a convicted felon and domestic abuser who possessed a .22 caliber handgun. At the sentencing hearing, the Court found Hull possessed firearms in connection with his drug trafficking and obstructed justice by persuading his wife to lie to the grand jury.

Natalie Hull admitted that, in 2009, she gave false testimony under oath before a federal grand jury about the origin of a firearm found in the home she shared with her husband.

The Hulls were sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade. DeShawn Hull was sentenced to 286 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $200 was imposed. He must also serve a six-year term of supervised release after the prison term. Natalie Hull was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $100 was imposed. She must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system. Both defendants are being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until they can be transported to a federal prison.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney C.J. Williams and was investigated by the Cedar Rapids Safe Streets Task Force (SSTF). The SSTF is sponsored by the Department of Justice and is composed of officers and agents from the FBI, Cedar Rapids Police Department, Marion Police Department, and the 6th Judicial District Department of Correctional Services. The SSTF was created to address violent crime activity in, and around, Cedar Rapids.

Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is CR 10-08.

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