Category: Iowa – Southern District
Bank Heist Sends Waterloo Felon to Federal Prison for Over a Decade | USAO-NDIA
A convicted felon who robbed a bank five days after committing an armed robbery of a convenience store was sentenced on November 12, 2020, to 13 years in federal prison. …
Eastern Iowa Podiatrist Sentenced in Opioid Diversion Scheme | USAO-NDIA
A podiatrist who wrote fraudulent hydrocodone prescriptions to acquaintances so that they would fill the prescriptions and give him pills was sentenced on November 6, 2020. Steven Walter Beevers, age…
Carroll Man to Federal Prison for Meth Conspiracy | USAO-NDIA
A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine while also illegally possessing a firearm was sentenced November 3, 2020, to 10 years in federal prison. John Sanchez, 40, from Carroll, Iowa,…
Former Sioux City Wastewater Treatment Plant Shift Supervisor Sentenced for Violating the Clean Water Act | USAO-NDIA
A Sioux City man who conspired to rig environmental testing at a large Iowa regional wastewater treatment plant was sentenced today. Patrick James Schwarte, age 71, from Sioux City, Iowa,…
Man Who Emailed Video of Teenager Being Raped Sentenced to Federal Prison | USAO-NDIA
A man who distributed videos online depicting the sexual abuse of children, including one in which a male teenager was lying face down and sexually assaulted, was sentenced November 5,…
Fairfax Man Convicted at Trial After Evidence Showed He Sold More Than 25 Pounds of Methamphetamine | USAO-NDIA
A man who sold methamphetamine out of his residence in Fairfax, Iowa, and also possessed firearms in connection with his drug trafficking was convicted by a jury on November 4,…
Robbing a Small Town Bank at Gunpoint Sends Man to Federal Prison for More Than Nine Years | USAO-NDIA
A man who robbed a bank at gunpoint was sentenced on November 3, 2020, to more than nine years in federal prison. Luis Angel Vega, age 28, from Austin, Minnesota,…
Central City Methamphetamine Dealer Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison | USAO-NDIA
A Central City man who distributed over seven kilograms of meth from 2017 to 2018 was sentenced November 2, 2020, to more than 16 years in federal prison. Brian Jeffrie…
DNA Found on Firearm Results in Federal Prison Sentence | USAO-NDIA
A man who was a felon and drug user and hid a firearm outside his former girlfriend’s home in Waterloo was sentenced today to four years in federal prison. Michael…
Sioux City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Firearm Offense | USAO-NDIA
A man who illegally possessed a gun was sentenced October 29, 2020, to six years in federal prison. Cordaro Whitsel, age 31, from Sioux City, Iowa, received the prison term…