DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, and Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced Burlington residents Robert Perkins, Sheldon William Krogmeier, and Victor Lamont Tate for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.
Perkins, 46, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute at least 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and ordered to serve five years of supervised release following his imprisonment. Krogmeier, 44, was sentenced to 96 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute at least five grams of methamphetamine and ordered to serve four years of supervised release following his imprisonment. Tate, 46, was sentenced to 72 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his imprisonment. All three were also ordered to pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
Between May and June of this year, Perkins, Krogmeier, and Tate all pled guilty to the charges, which arose from an investigation of individuals selling methamphetamine in the Burlington area. Beginning in or about June of 2016 and continuing until on or about Sept. 28, 2016, Perkins, Krogmeier, Tate, and others sold approximately 500 grams of ice methamphetamine to individuals in Burlington, including to an undercover officer. On Sept. 28, 2016, law enforcement executed numerous search warrants in this investigation, seizing ice methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine, crack cocaine, prescription pills, and three firearms.
This case was investigated by the Burlington Police Department, Johnson County Drug Task Force, Southeast Iowa Narcotics Task Force, Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. This case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.
Learn more about this release by calling Kevin E. VanderSchel at 515-473-9300, or by emailing him at Kevin.VanderSchel@usdoj.gov (link sends e-mail).
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
