On Wednesday September 18, 2013 Officers with the Waterloo Police Department’s Violent Crime Apprehension Team recovered two handguns during a traffic stop in the area of Logan Avenue and Conger Street.

Officers stopped a vehicle around 3:15 p.m. reference a traffic violation. Officers made contact with the driver identified as seventeen-year-old Nathaniel Taylor Matlock and the passenger identified as nineteen-year-old James Edward Horton, both of Waterloo.

During the investigation a K9 was deployed and a search of the vehicle was conducted. At that time, Officers recovered a loaded .25 semi-auto handgun under Matlock’s seat and a loaded .22 caliber revolver under Horton’s seat. Matlock and Horton were taken into custody for carrying weapons and booked into the Black Hawk County Jail.


James Edward Horton              Nathaniel Taylor Matlock

Captain Tim Pillack
Waterloo Police Department
319-291-4336