Belmond Man To Federal Prison For Meth Conspiracy
Contact: Peter Deegan
A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine over an eight-month period in Wright County, Iowa, was sentenced December 20, 2010, to federal prison.
Cristino Macias-Alvarado, 32, from Belmond, Iowa, received the prison term after a September 2, 2010, guilty plea to one count of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and one count of distributing and aiding and abetting another in the distributing of methamphetamine.
At his guilty plea, Macias-Alvarado admitted he conspired to distribute more than 1500 grams of methamphetamine from about August 2009 through about March 2010 in the Wright County area. On March 4, 2010, Wright County law enforcement officers bought methamphetamine from Macias-Alvarado and others. Earlier on this same date, Macias-Alvarado collected $7,800 from a confidential informant as payment for methamphetamine.
Macias-Alvarado was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett. Macias-Alvarado was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment. He must pay a $200 special assessment and serve a 3-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system. Macias-Alvarado 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 Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, North Central Iowa Drug Task Force, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Fort Dodge Police Department, Mason City Police Department, Webster County Sheriff’s Office, Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Wright County Sheriff’s Office, and 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; United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; 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 is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 10-3008.
