repeat drug offender pleads guilty to meth charge
Contact: Peter Deegan
A man who had methamphetamine after three prior drug convictions pled guilty on October 13, 2010, in federal court in Sioux City.
Roy Keough, 47, from Woden, Iowa, was convicted of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Keough was previously convicted of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver on November 23, 1999; possession with intent to manufacture a controlled substance on January 22, 2001; and failure to affix controlled substance tax stamp on February 27, 2006, all in the Iowa District Court for Cerro Gordo County.
At the plea hearing, Keough admitted that, on May 14, 2010, law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle he was driving for a stop sign violation. Officers seized approximately ½ ounce of 98% pure methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Keough admitted he planned to sell the methamphetamine.
Sentencing before United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Keough remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. Keough 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 eight 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, the Hancock County, Iowa, Sheriff’s Office, and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.
Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 10-3029.
