WATERLOO MAN GETS MORE THAN 14 YEARS FOR SELLING METHAMPHETAMINE
Contact: Peter Deegan
A man who sold more than 5 pounds of methamphetamine in Waterloo was sentenced yesterday to more than 14 years in federal prison.
James McClain, 57, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a December 6, 2010, guilty plea to one count of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. McClain had been convicted in 2001 in Black Hawk County of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
At the guilty plea hearing, McClain admitted he was getting methamphetamine from Arizona and selling it in and around Waterloo. McClain received more than five pounds of methamphetamine from Arizona over approximately a seven month period.
McClain was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief
Judge Linda R. Reade. McClain was sentenced to 176 months’ and 6 days’ 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.
McClain 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 Anthony Morfitt and was investigated through a cooperative effort of the Waterloo Police Department and the Tri-County Drug Task Force, which is composed of the Waterloo Police Department, Cedar Falls Police Department, Waverly Police Department, Bremer County Sheriff’s Office, Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office, LaPorte City Police Department, Evansdale Police Department, Hudson Police Department, and Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is CR 10-2050.
