A Cedar Rapids drug dealer with 59 prior adult convictions was sentenced May 24, 2022, to more than 13 years in federal prison.
Kyle Anthony Doolin, age 61, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 26, 2021 guilty plea to one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance near a protected location after having previously been convicted of a felony drug offense.
Information disclosed at sentencing showed that, on July 24, 2020, officers with the Cedar Rapids Police Department attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Doolin’s vehicle. As an officer attempted to initiate the traffic stop, Doolin drove away and a car chase ensued. Doolin turned into a driveway of a house, struck a wooden fence, and then fled on foot. After a short foot pursuit, Doolin was taken into custody with the assistance of a trained law enforcement K9. In the immediate area around where Doolin was taken into custody, law enforcement recovered several baggies containing a total of over 26 grams of ice methamphetamine. Officers also recovered methamphetamine and heroin from Doolin’s person. Prior to July 24, 2020, Doolin had previously been convicted 59 times, including a prior federal conviction for a drug-related offense.
Doolin was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams. Doolin was sentenced to 157 months’ imprisonment. He must also serve an eight-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Doolin is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Dillan Edwards and investigated by the Cedar Rapids Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Task Force consisting of the DEA; the Linn County Sheriff’s Office; the Cedar Rapids Police Department; the Marion Police Department; and the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
The case file number is 20-CR-00088.
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