Muscatine man who fled to Cuba pleads guilty to escape, gun charges

Muscatine man who fled to Cuba pleads guilty to escape, gun charges
DAVID PITT, The Associated Press
Published: March 15, 2016, 9:04 am Updated: March 15, 2016, 9:07 am

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man facing federal firearms charges in Iowa
who attempted to escape prosecution by fleeing to Cuba has entered plea
agreements with U.S. prosecutors.

Court records say Shawn Michael Wegmann signed plea agreements last week
for failure to appear and for four firearms counts. He faces up to 45
years in prison.

Wegmann admits to stealing more than 30 guns in burglaries last year in
Iowa and Illinois. He had previous felony convictions and was barred
from possessing guns.

He failed to appear in court for a plea agreement hearing in October. He
was found a week later in Havana, Cuba. The U.S. Marshals Service says
he was the first fugitive to be returned to the U.S. by the Cuban
government since diplomatic relations began a year ago.

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