Led police on high speed chase with sawed off shotgun in the vehicle
A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced Aug. 21, 2020 to more than 11 years in federal prison.
Jacob Johnson, age 30, from Mason City, Iowa, pled guilty on March 17, 2020, to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
At the plea and sentencing hearings, evidence showed that from about May 2019 through October 2019, Johnson and others conspired to distribute at least 35 grams of actual (pure) methamphetamine in Northwest Iowa. In June 2019, Johnson and a co-conspirator sold “fake" methamphetamine to an individual. In October 2019, Johnson and a co-conspirator agreed to sell more methamphetamine to the same individual and make good on the previous transaction. After a vehicle pursuit, Johnson and his co-conspirator were caught with two ounces of methamphetamine intended for the same individual. Officers also seized a sawed off shotgun and an axe during a search of the vehicle.
Sentencing was held before United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand. Johnson was sentenced to 140 months’ imprisonment and must serve a term of 4 years of supervised release following the imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. Johnson remains in custody of the United States Marshal Service until he can be transferred to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde and was investigated by the Iowa Department of Narcotics Enforcement, Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office, Arnold’s Park Police Department, and Iowa Division of Criminalistics Investigation.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
The case file number is 19-4079.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
