A man who conspired to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine was sentenced November 30, 2012, to 120 months in federal prison.

Keith Pettigrew, 28, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, received the prison term after a July 26, 2012, guilty plea to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine.

At the guilty plea, Pettigrew admitted his involvement in a conspiracy that manufactured at least 50 grams of actual (pure) methamphetamine from December 2009 through July 2011. According to pseudoephedrine purchase logs obtained in the investigation, starting in March 2008, Pettigrew acquired (by purchase or other means) at least 130 grams of pseudoephedrine and provided the pseudoephedrine to others for the manufacture of methamphetamine.

Pettigrew was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett. Pettigrew was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $100 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.

Pettigrew 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 Webster County Sheriff’s Office, Fort Dodge Police Department, Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Dayton Police Department, Iowa State Patrol, and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations.

Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 11-3052.

 

 

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