Fort Dodge Man Sentenced To More than 14 years in federal prison for meth conspiracy
Contact: Peter Deegan
A man who conspired to distribute more than two pounds of methamphetamine was sentenced May 10, 2010, to more than 14 years in federal prison.
Michael Ackerson, 31, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, received the prison term after a February 12, 2010, guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Ackerson was previously convicted of delivery of methamphetamine on October 29, 2001, in Webster County, Iowa, District Court.
At the guilty plea, Ackerson admitted his involvement in a conspiracy that distributed at least two pounds of methamphetamine from about January 2006 through December 2006 in the Fort Dodge area.
Ackerson was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett. Ackerson was sentenced to 170 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $100 was imposed. He must also serve a 10-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Ackerson 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, Webster County Sheriff’s Office, and Fort Dodge Police Department.
Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 08-3047.
