Man With History of Violence Who Threated Two People with a Loaded Firearm Sentenced to Federal Prison

Capri Rogers, age 37, from Alexandria Virginia, was sentenced today to more than 7 years in federal prison, after pleading guilty on October 1, 2025, to possession of a firearm by a felon.

Evidence in the case revealed on July 4, 2025, law enforcement responded to a report of harassment and that the subject had a firearm. Rogers had approached two women who were riding bicycles and threatened them with the firearm. Later in the day, law enforcement located Rogers. Rogers denied any knowledge of the incident and fled on foot from the officer, dropping a firearm in the street as he ran. A child was within feet of the weapon when it struck the pavement. Rogers was taken into custody.

Rogers' criminal history includes two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon in 2022, an assault and battery of a family member in 2016, the use of a firearm in a robbery in 2008, and a robbery in 2008. At the sentencing hearing, evidence showed that during the 2022 firearm offense Rogers had actually used the firearm to subject a live-in girlfriend to prolonged abuse.

Rogers was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand to 90 months' imprisonment. Judge Strand described Rodgers' conduct relating to the 2022 firearms offense as "sadistic." Rogers must also serve a 3-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

Rogers is being held in the United States Marshal's custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

The case was investigated by the Sioux City, Iowa Police Department and the United States Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF). This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Forde Fairchild

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The case file number is 25-4043.

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