60 year old drug felon to serve 10 years in prison
Contact: Peter Deegan
A Cedar Rapids man who sold crack cocaine near an elementary school was sentenced on July 5, 2011 to just over 10 years in federal prison.
Roy Williams, 60, received the prison term after a March 9, 2011 guilty plea to distributing crack cocaine within a school zone after having previously been convicted of a felony drug crime.
Williams admitted he sold crack cocaine on two occasions in October 2008. Both of the sales took place near Polk Elementary School in Cedar Rapids. Williams had three prior felony drug convictions at the time of the sales.
Williams was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade. Williams was sentenced to 122 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $100 was imposed. He must also serve a 6-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Williams is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Justin Lightfoot and investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Task Force consisting of the DEA; the Linn County Sheriff's Office; the Cedar Rapids Police Department; the Marion Police Department; the Iowa City Police Department; the Clinton Police Department; the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Sixth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services; and the Iowa National Guard.
Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is CR 11-13.
