fort dodge man to federal prison for meth conspiracy
Contact: Peter Deegan
A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine in Fort Dodge was sentenced January 12, 2011, to more than 10 years in federal prison.
Alfredo Sandoval-Ramirez, 35, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, received the prison term after October 20, 2010, guilty pleas to one count of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and three counts of distributing methamphetamine.
At the guilty pleas, Sandoval-Ramirez admitted he conspired to distribute methamphetamine in the Fort Dodge area from December 2009 through April 2010. Sandoval-Ramirez also admitted he sold methamphetamine on three occasions in March and April 2010 to an individual cooperating with law enforcement.
Sandoval-Ramirez was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett. Sandoval-Ramirez was sentenced to 126 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $400 was imposed. He must also serve a five-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Sandoval-Ramirez 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 as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program of the United States Department of Justice through a cooperative effort of 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; Homeland Security Investigations; 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 10-3016.
