fifth member of methamphetamine conspiracy pleads guilty
Contact: Peter Deegan
A man involved in a large-scale Waterloo methamphetamine conspiracy pled guilty on February 19, 2010, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
Jerry Weekley, Jr., 44, from Waterloo, Iowa, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
At the plea hearing, Weekley admitted he was involved in a methamphetamine conspiracy and distributed approximately 10 pounds of meth in the Waterloo area from 2005 to 2009. He is the fifth person to plead guilty to the conspiracy.
Sentencing before United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Weekley remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. Weekley faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years’ and up to life imprisonment, a $4,000,000 fine, a $100 special assessment, and 5 years to life of supervised release following any imprisonment.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Patrick J. Reinert and was investigated by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program of the United States Department of Justice through a cooperative effort of the Tri-County Drug Task Force, Cedar Rapids DEA Task Force, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service, and Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Tri-County Drug Task Force is composed of the Waterloo Police Department, Cedar Falls Police Department, Waverly Police Department, Bremer County Sheriff’s Office, Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office, LaPorte City Police Department, Evansdale Police Department, Hudson Police Department, and Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Cedar Rapids Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Task Force consists of the DEA; Linn County Sheriff's Office; Cedar Rapids Police Department; Marion Police Department; Iowa City Police Department; Clinton Police Department; Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; Sixth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services; and Iowa National Guard.
Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 09-2023.
