A Sioux City couple who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pled guilty November 26, 2012, in federal court in Sioux City.

William Sun, 49, and Mavis Juarez, 55, from Sioux City, Iowa, were each convicted of one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of distributing methamphetamine.

At the plea hearing, Sun and Juarez each admitted their involvement in a conspiracy from 2011 through April 2012 that distributed more than 50 grams of actual (pure) methamphetamine in Sioux City, Iowa, area. Each also admitted to distributing more than 15 grams of actual (pure) methamphetamine on four separate occasions in 2011 to an individual cooperating with law enforcement. These distributions occurred within 1000 feet of Dale Street Park in Sioux City.

Sentencing before United States District Court Judge Donald E. O’Brien will be set after presentence reports are prepared. Sun and Juarez remain in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. On the conspiracy conviction, Sun and Juarez each face a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, a special assessment of $100, and five years up to life of supervised release following any imprisonment. On the distribution conviction, each face a mandatory minimum sentence of one year imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of 40 years’ imprisonment, a $2,000,000, a special assessment of $100, and six years up to life of supervised release.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde and was investigated by the Tri-State Drug Task Force based in Sioux City, Iowa, that 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 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 12-4061.

 

 

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