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 Mexican citizen residing in Iowa has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for illegally re-entering the United States after previous felony convictions related to immigration offenses.
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A Fort Dodge man with a lengthy criminal record has been sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.
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Tony Morfitt, an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Cedar Rapids since 2010, has been promoted to Colonel in the Air Force and Iowa Air National Guard as of January 31, 2026.
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A man from Independence, Iowa, has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography.
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A man from Waterloo, Iowa, has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon.
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A man originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo was sentenced on January 30, 2026, for participating in a scheme to defraud the United States government through the diversity visa lottery system.
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A Cedar Rapids man has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison for laundering funds obtained through a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Aaron StandsAndLooksBack, also known as Aaron Woodman, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, has been sentenced to 300 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.
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Nichole Marie Schmidt, a 43-year-old resident of Galesburg, Illinois, has been sentenced to more than 25 years in federal prison for her involvement in a drug distribution ring operating in Iowa.
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A Honduran national, Oscar Lopez-Martinez, has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after previously being deported multiple times.
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A Marshalltown man has been sentenced to more than twelve years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
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A financial planner from Marion, Iowa, has been sentenced to three months in federal prison for failing to file income tax returns and pay taxes on nearly $1.5 million in earnings over several years.
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A Cedar Rapids man, Kirby Joe Truesdell, age 48, has been sentenced to seven and a half years in federal prison after being found guilty of possessing a firearm as a prohibited person.
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Starr Ledford, a 43-year-old woman from Manson and Atlantic, Iowa, was sentenced to five years in federal prison on January 21, 2026.
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Bryce White, a 42-year-old resident of Dow City, Iowa, pleaded guilty on January 21, 2026, in federal court in Sioux City to charges of sexual exploitation of a child and receipt of child pornography.
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Daniel Kaler, a 38-year-old resident of Sioux City, Iowa, has been sentenced to 64 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography.
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Andrew Gross, a 42-year-old resident of Sioux City, Iowa, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison on January 16, 2026, after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography.
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A former employee of the City of Storm Lake, Iowa, has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography.
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A Cedar Rapids man has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to multiple child exploitation offenses.
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A Cedar Rapids man has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine.