CEDAR RAPIDS MAN CONVICTED OF SELLING CRACK AND POWDER COCAINE FOR NINE YEARS
Contact: Peter Deegan
A man who conspired to distribute crack cocaine from 1997 through 2006 was convicted by a jury on May 26, 2011, after a 3-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
Milo Davis, 35, from Cedar Rapids, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to distribute crack and powder cocaine and one count of money laundering. The verdict was returned this afternoon following about six hours of jury deliberations.
The evidence at trial showed that between 1997 and 2006 Davis, formerly the owner of Headquarterz Barbershop in Cedar Rapids, agreed with others to distribute crack and powder cocaine. Davis was convicted of agreeing to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine and 500 grams or more of powder cocaine. Davis was also convicted of concealing earnings from his drug trafficking by putting money into others’ bank accounts and using the money to purchase a car in another’s name.
Sentencing before United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Davis remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. Davis faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of life imprisonment, a $8,000,000 fine, $200 in special assessments, and at least 10 years of supervised release following any imprisonment.
The case is being prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorneys Tony Morfitt and Dan Chatham and Assistant United States Attorney Patrick Reinert and was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 10cr41.
