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Department of Justice

U.S. Attorney's Office
Northern District of Iowa

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Kevin W. Techau
, United States Attorney
Contact: Steve Young

Trio Sentenced for Drug Robbery

Two Cedar Rapids men and one Cedar Rapids woman were sentenced in federal court today for their June 9, 2014, robbery of a drug dealer of his methamphetamine and cash. Leonard Landt, age 28, was sentenced to 77 months’ imprisonment in federal prison. Snofawn Torres, age 22, was sentenced to 44 months’ imprisonment in federal prison. Bart Waddell, age26, was sentenced to 57 months’ imprisonment in federal prison.

All three were sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade. Each defendant must also serve a 3-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

All three 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 Attorneys Patrick Reinert and Lisa Williams and investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Cedar Rapids Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Task Force comprised of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Task Force consisting of the DEA; the Linn County Sheriff's Office; the Cedar Rapids Police Department; the Marion Police Department; the Iowa City Police Department; and the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement.

Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 14-CR-119.

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