Carroll Man Pleads To Meth Conspiracy
Contact: Peter Deegan
A man who was involved with distributing methamphetamine for more than two years pled guilty on November 29, 2010, in federal court in Sioux City.
Beau Berge, 28, from Carroll, Iowa, was convicted of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.
At the plea hearing, Berge admitted he conspired to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine from 2008 through February 2010 in the Kossuth and Emmet County, Iowa, areas.
Sentencing before United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Berge remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. Berge faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of life imprisonment, a $4,000,000 fine, a special assessment of $100, and 5 years up to life of supervised release following any imprisonment.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde and was investigated by the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office, Emmet County Sheriff’s Office, Clay County Sheriff’s Office, and Estherville Police Department.
Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 10-3030.
