Transported Over a Kilogram of Meth from Dallas, Texas, into Iowa
Three people were sentenced to federal prison on September 10 and 11, 2018, for their roles in a conspiracy to transport methamphetamine from Dallas, Texas, and distribute it in Dubuque, Iowa.
Kevin John Heim, age 31, and Stacy Lynn Weidenbacher, age 45, both from Dubuque, received their prison terms after May 7, 2018 guilty pleas to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Anthony Dewayne Crosby, age 38, from Dallas, Texas, received his prison term after a May 2, 2018 guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Court documents and evidence presented at court hearings showed that in mid-January 2018, Heim drove a rental car from Dubuque to Dallas, where he picked up approximately twenty ounces of ice methamphetamine. Crosby then accompanied Heim back to Dubuque. Heim, Weidenbacher, and others then sold the methamphetamine in Dubuque and Crosby collected the money from the sales. Afterwards, Heim sent two of his associates back to Dallas with Crosby. Heim’s associates bought several more ounces of methamphetamine in Dallas.
On Jan. 22, 2018, Heim and Weidenbacher drove a rental car back to Dallas. Police investigators had attached a tracking device to the rental car before it left Iowa. Once in Dallas, Heim and Weidenbacher met Crosby, who stayed with them while they waited until the next shipment of methamphetamine arrived on a semi-truck from Mexico.
Once they had received the methamphetamine, Heim and Crosby loaded it into compartments under the hood of the rental car. On Jan. 29, 2018, investigators stopped Heim, Weidenbacher, and Crosby as they drove back into Dubuque County. Investigators searched the rental car and seized the methamphetamine.
Heim, Weidenbacher, and Crosby were sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge Linda R. Reade. Heim and Crosby were sentenced to 170 months’ imprisonment. Weidenbacher was sentenced to 76 months’ imprisonment. All three defendants must also serve a 5-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
The defendants are being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until they can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Drew O. Inman and investigated by the Dubuque Drug Task Force, Dubuque County Sheriff’s Office, Dubuque Police Department, Iowa State Patrol, Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cascade Police Department, and Dyersville Police Department.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
The case file number is 18-CR-1006-LRR.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
