Criminal History Includes Violence and Prior Drug Offenses
An Iowa man who distributed cocaine was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison.
Antonio Robertson, age 43, from Manchester, Iowa, received the prison sentence after a May 31, 2019 guilty plea to distribution of cocaine after a prior felony drug conviction.
Information disclosed at sentencing and at his plea hearing showed that on two occasions in October 2018, Robertson sold cocaine to another person. Robertson has 31 prior criminal convictions, five of which are violent offenses. Two of Robertson’s prior convictions were firearms-related offenses and thirteen of his offenses occurred while he was on probation or parole for another offense.
Robertson was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams. Robertson was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment. He was ordered to make payment of $100 to the special assessment fund. He must also serve a six-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ashley Corkery and investigated by the Manchester Police Department.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
The case file number is 19-CR-00027.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
