Burlington, IA- A Burlington man was sentenced to 60 years in prison Monday, May 8th on multiple charges.
According to a news release, 31-year-old Wesley Chamblee of Burlington was sentenced in Iowa District Court to a total of 60 years in prison following guilty pleas to charges of 2nd Degree Kidnapping, Willful Injury Causing Serious Injury with a Firearm, Intimidation With a Firearm, and 2nd Degree Burglary from Des Moines County, as well as a charge of Attempted Murder from Louisa County.
Chamblee received two consecutive 25-year prison sentences for the Kidnapping and Attempted Murder charges, as well as three 10-year prison sentences for the Willful Injury, Intimidation, and Burglary charges.
Those sentences will run concurrent to each other, but consecutive to the Kidnapping and Attempted Murder charges. The Willful Injury and Intimidation sentences also each carry 5-year mandatory minimum sentences because a firearm was used during the commission of the offenses.
The charges stemmed from an incident that occurred on September 18th, 2022 in Burlington, when Chamblee shot one victim and then kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and transported her at gunpoint from Burlington to rural Louisa County where he shot her after she was able to escape from the vehicle that Chamblee was driving.
Chamblee was ultimately arrested in Johnson County after a high-speed pursuit.
Charges related to the pursuit are still pending in Johnson County.
