Previously convicted five times for state felony drug offenses
A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced May 16, 2019, to 12 years in federal prison.
John Edward Willroth, 54, from Charter Oak, Iowa, was convicted of one count of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and one count of distributing methamphetamine on Nov. 16, 2018. Willroth was previously convicted of five felony drug offenses in Iowa.
At the guilty plea, Willroth admitted that from about 2016 through March 2018 he was involved in a conspiracy that distributed at least 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine. Evidence at the hearing also showed that on three occasions, in 2016 and 2017, Willroth distributed and possessed with the intent to distribute about 30 grams of actual (pure) methamphetamine to other persons.
Willroth was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand. Willroth was sentenced to 144 months’ imprisonment. He must also serve an eight-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system. Willroth is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde and investigated by the Tri-State Drug Task Force based in Sioux City, Iowa, that consists of law enforcement personnel from the Drug Enforcement Administration; Sioux City, Iowa, Police Department; Homeland Security Investigations; Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office; South Sioux City, Nebraska, Police Department; Nebraska State Patrol; Iowa National Guard; Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement; United States Marshals Service; South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation; and Woodbury County Attorney’s Office.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
The case file number is 18-4046. Follow us on Twitter @USAO_NDIA.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
