U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa
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A 35-year-old man from Sioux City, Pablo Elias-Lopez, has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison following his guilty plea on July 2, 2025.
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A Louisiana woman has been sentenced to four years in federal prison after pleading guilty to assault and making threats against a Protective Security Officer at the Social Security office in Sioux City, Iowa.
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A former Cuban military sergeant, Yovany Ciero, was sentenced to four years in federal prison on December 3, 2025, for his involvement in a scheme to fraudulently obtain Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A Sioux City man has pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute.
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On December 1, 2025, Ryan Miller, a 40-year-old resident of Pilot Mound, Iowa, was sentenced in federal court in Sioux City.
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A Davenport, Iowa man with multiple prior felony convictions has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for defrauding credit unions using stolen identities and forged documents.
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A Waterloo woman has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for her role in a marijuana distribution conspiracy.
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A Cedar Rapids man has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine.
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A Sioux City man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon and drug user.
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A Fort Dodge man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.
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Yoan Mateo-Cardona, a 24-year-old citizen of Guatemala who was living in Sioux City, Iowa without legal status, has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.
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A man residing in Omaha, Nebraska, has pleaded guilty in federal court in Sioux City to illegally re-entering the United States after previously being deported as a felon.
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A Waterloo woman has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for her role in methamphetamine trafficking.
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A 28-year-old man from Markham, Illinois, has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl and possessing a firearm as a felon in Dubuque, Iowa.
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Todd Babb, a 62-year-old resident of Sioux City, Iowa, pleaded guilty on November 19, 2025, in federal court to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
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Katie Kammerude, a 39-year-old resident of Dubuque, Iowa, was sentenced on November 19, 2025, to more than nine years in federal prison.
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Dean Christiansen, a 64-year-old resident of Sioux City, Iowa, was sentenced to 134 months in federal prison on November 18, 2025.
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Jon Waugh, a 55-year-old resident of Sioux City, Iowa, has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it near a protected location.
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A Dubuque man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison after admitting to possessing a firearm while on supervised release.
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A Tripoli, Iowa man has been sentenced to more than 38 years in federal prison for child exploitation offenses.