Lang
8/29/25
A Waterloo man has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for Attempted Enticement of a Minor to Engage in Illicit Sexual Activities.
According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, in October 2023, 47-year-old Gabriel Usher began messaging over the internet with an undercover officer posing as a 15-year-old minor. Within days, Usher professed his love for the minor and suggested sexual acts in which they could engage. When Usher arrived at a designated location in Iowa City to meet with the minor, law enforcement seized his cell phone. In October 2024, Usher was sentenced in Black Hawk County to 5 years in state prison on unrelated state charges of enticing a minor under age 16, and sexual exploitation of a minor.
After completing his term of imprisonment, Usher will be required to serve a ten-year term of supervised release. Usher was also ordered to enter the Iowa Sex Offender Registry. There is no parole in the federal system.