Bringing dog to scene of the crime leads to federal prison sentence for Nashua man

To The Press

A convicted felon who illegally possessed a gun was sentenced earlier this month to one year in federal prison.

Bradley Dean Mohring, age 56, from Nashua, received the prison term on Aug. 15 after an April 5 guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Evidence at a previous hearing showed that in October 2018, officers were investigating a burglary at a co-op in Nashua. During the investigation, officers reviewing video footage saw a dog present at the time of the burglary.

Police identified the dog as Mohring’s, then searched Mohring’s home and recovered some of the property stolen in the burglary.

Officers also found a rifle and ammunition. Mohring was previously convicted of a felony drug trafficking offense in Colorado and was not allowed to possess firearms or ammunition.

Mohring was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids to 12 months in prison. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a U.S. Department of Justice crime prevention initiative that brings a broad range of law enforcement and community representatives together to work on solutions to a community’s most pressing violent crime problems.

As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the northern district of Iowa.

The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and investigated by the Nashua Police Department and the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Department.