A man who was caught with nearly two kilograms of marijuana and a loaded handgun was sentenced today to more than eleven years in federal prison. Charles Robert Evans, age…
A man who escaped from the Waterloo Residential Correctional Facility and later failed to appear in federal court pursuant to a subpoena pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar…
A Northeastern Iowa man who guided and outfitted illegal deer hunts was sentenced on September 23, 2021, to federal prison. Cory Gene Fritzler, age 46, from Lansing, Iowa, received the…
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – There will be a press conference held on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. at the United States Attorney’s Office in the federal courthouse, 111…
A woman who admitted conspiring with others to sell methamphetamine was sentenced September 24, 2021, to nearly four years in federal prison. Jennifer Marie Klingsmith, age 36, from Waterloo, Iowa,…
A Sioux City man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine around the tri-state area was sentenced September 22, 2021 to 10 years in federal prison. Leroy Eric McCoy, age 39, from…
A Wisconsin man, who burglarized a residence during the summer of 2016 and then supplied some of the stolen firearms to a Dubuque drug dealer, was sentenced on September 20,…
A man who sold three deadly doses of opioids in April and May of 2019 was sentenced today to 35 years in federal prison. Travis Gordon Jones, age 40, from…
A man and woman who were responsible for participating in a robbery that led to the murder of another man were sentenced today to federal prison. Danielle Busch, age 31,…
A convicted felon who unlawfully possessed a firearm that he then sold to a confidential informant was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison. Delano Antwuan Deshazer, age 34,…
A man who possessed with intent to distribute methamphetamine pled guilty September 7, 2021, in federal court in Sioux City. Todd Gruis, 50, from Melvin, Iowa was convicted of possessing…
A convicted sex offender who lived and worked in Iowa for about 14 months without registering as a sex offender was sentenced on September 9, 2021, to more than a…
A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced in federal court in Sioux City, Iowa, on September 8, 2021, to a total of twenty years in prison. Hugo Arechiga…
A woman who distributed crack cocaine with her father was sentenced September 3, 2021, to eight months in federal prison. Lekeya Shantay Gillenwater, age 29, from Dubuque, Iowa, received the…
A man who distributed heroin that resulted in an overdose was sentenced September 3, 2021 to more than three years in federal prison. Diondray Louis Wilson, age 34, from Cedar…
A man who attempted to pilot an airplane from Wisconsin to New Mexico without a pilot’s license was sentenced today in federal court. Keith Alexander Thomas, age 44, from Portales,…
A man who was previously convicted of multiple felony offenses, and later possessed over 1 kilogram of pure methamphetamine and guns, pled guilty on September 7, 2021, in federal court…
A man who placed an incendiary device on the property of another was sentenced September 7, 2021, to more than three years in federal prison. Aaron Hinke, age 46, from…
Martin Fye, age 58, from Webster City, Iowa, was sentenced August 31, 2021, to more than five years’ imprisonment. On April 14, 2021, Fye pled guilty in federal court to…
A woman who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced on September 2, 2021, in federal court in Sioux City, Iowa. Jennie Kazena, 38, from Sioux City, pled guilty on February…
Robert Board, age 45, originally from Brownsville, Texas, more recently living in Medalia, Minnesota, pled guilty on April 15, 2021, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. He was sentenced to over…
A man who possessed firearms and ammunition after having prior convictions of two felonies and while being an illegal drug user was sentenced to sixteen months in federal prison on…
A man who possessed a firearm in furtherance of distributing marijuana was sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison. Fredrick Perkins, age 32, from Sioux City, Iowa, received…
A woman who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced to more than seven years in prison on August 23, 2021, in federal court in Sioux City. Whitley Mitchell, age 30,…
A man who received methamphetamine by mail from Mexico to redistribute was sentenced August 27, 2021 to ten years in federal prison. Rafael Perez-Mercado, 29, from Belmond, Iowa, pled guilty…