A Van Buren County man has been sentenced to prison following a burglary investigation that began last year.
According to the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy responded to a report of a burglary in progress on January 4, 2025 at a residence in the 1800 block of 160th Street in rural Birmingham.
Travis L. Gonterman, 50, was identified by the occupants as the suspect and was taken into custody later that evening at his residence in rural Kilbourne without incident. He was initially charged with first-degree burglary.
Court records show that on January 16, 2026 Gonterman was sentenced in Van Buren County District Court to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree burglary, a class C felony.
Authorities say Gonterman was already in the custody of the Iowa Department of Corrections on an unrelated conviction and will serve the sentences concurrently.