fort dodge man sentenced to federal prison for meth manufacturing conspiracy
Contact: Peter Deegan
A man who conspired to manufacture methamphetamine was sentenced September 14, 2010, to 10 years in federal prison.
Ryan Wisthoff, 35, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, received the prison term after a June 25, 2010, guilty plea to one count of conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine and two counts of manufacturing and attempting to manufacture methamphetamine.
At the guilty plea, Wisthoff admitted his involvement in a methamphetamine manufacturing conspiracy in Fort Dodge from 2006 through December 2009. Wisthoff admitted manufacturing and distributing at least 50 grams of pure methamphetamine. During searches of Wisthoff’s residence on July 26, 2009, and November 11, 2009, officers seized a number of items associated with the manufacture of methamphetamine, including: chemicals, glass jars with white residue, Coleman fuel, peeled lithium battery casings, boxes of pseudoephedrine pills, and plastic baggies.
Wisthoff was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett. Wisthoff was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $300 was imposed. He must also serve a 5-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Wisthoff 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 was investigated by the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Fort Dodge Police Department, and Webster County Sheriff’s Office.
Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 10-3009.
