65-Year Old Sioux City Man Pleads Guilty to Second Federal Meth Charge

Timothy Koons, 65, from Sioux City, Iowa, pled guilty April 10, 2025, in federal court in Sioux City, to distribution of methamphetamine.

At the plea hearing, Koons admitted that on two separate occasions in March 2024, he distributed over 130 grams of pure methamphetamine to an individual cooperating with law enforcement.  Koons had previously been federally convicted of felony possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in October of 2010.   

Sentencing before United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand will be set after a presentence report is prepared.  Koons remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing.  Koons faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of life imprisonment, a $8,000,000 fine, and at least eight years of supervised release following any imprisonment.

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; 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; and Woodbury County Attorney’s Office, as well as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.    

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.

The case file number is 24-4034.  Follow us on X @USAO_NDIA.