A northwest Iowa man who built and fired two improvised explosive missiles will serve 10 years in federal prison. 60-year-old Daniel Graben of Sioux City has been sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty in July of this year to possession of a firearm by a felon.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District Of Iowa says evidence in the case revealed that on the morning of February 28th, 2022, a rural Plymouth county resident reported seeing what he thought was a “low-flying mortar” over his house, and heard it explode in the distance. Another witness reported hearing a “very large explosion”.
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