SIOUX CITY MAN SENTENCED FOR CRACK CONSPIRACY CONVICTION
Contact: Peter Deegan
A man who conspired to distribute crack cocaine was sentenced April 25, 2011, to 10 years in federal prison.
Lloyd Williams, 49, from Sioux City, Iowa, received the prison term after a December 13, 2010, guilty plea to one count of conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and one count of distributing crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of a public school or playground. On April 29, 1994, Williams was previously convicted of possession of cocaine base with intent to deliver in the Iowa District Court for Woodbury County.
At the guilty plea, Williams admitted to conspiring to distribute more than 200 grams of crack cocaine in Sioux City from January 2010 through August 2010. During the conspiracy, Williams along with his co-conspirators acquired multiple ounces of crack cocaine from sources in Omaha, Nebraska, for distribution to customers in Sioux City. Williams also admitted to distributing crack cocaine in April 2010 to an individual cooperating with law enforcement. This distribution occurred within 1,000 feet of a protected location, Riverside Elementary School.
Williams was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett. Williams was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $300 was imposed. He must also serve a 8-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 Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde and was investigated by the Tri-State Drug Task Force based in Sioux City, Iowa, which 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 the 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 10-4083.
