Lang
9/28/22
A convicted Iowa City felon and domestic abuser faces charges that he posted photos of him possessing firearms to social media.
Iowa City Police say 31-year-old Demarcus Covington of Bartelt Road has posted photos of himself in possession of firearms dating back to March of 2021. A Taurus 9mm handgun was recovered from Covington’s residence in the Pheasant Ridge Apartments after a search warrant was executed on September 12th. The purchaser of the firearm was contacted, and told investigators they had provided Covington with the gun in Chicago and asked him to take it back to Iowa.
Covington was given a deferred judgement on felony drug charges earlier this year, and he has previous convictions for domestic abuse from earlier this year and from 2017. He now faces charges of Dominion or Control of a Firearm as a Felon and Dominion or Control of a Firearm as a Domestic Abuser. Covington also faces a No-Contact Order Violation after allegedly leaving dozens of messages for a protected party last month. He’s also accused of violating the conditions of his previous plea deal.
If convicted on all current charges, Covington faces a maximum of 16 years in prison.