Career Offender Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine

A man with an extensive criminal history who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced February 12, 2026, to 19 years in federal prison.

Otis Lamont Foy, Jr., age 29, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, received the prison term after a July 17, 2025, guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine after having been convicted of a serious drug felony.

Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that between February and April 2025, Foy and others distributed over three pounds of methamphetamine in the Fort Dodge area.  An individual cooperating with law enforcement made multiple methamphetamine purchases from Foy.  Law enforcement officers searched Foy’s residence and found marijuana, cash, and drug paraphernalia.  Foy was a career offender, who had previously been convicted in 2016 of felony domestic abuse assault impeding normal breathing or circulation of blood, and in 2020 of felony possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.  

Foy was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand.  Foy was sentenced to 19 years’ imprisonment.  He must also serve a ten-year term of supervised release after the prison term.  There is no parole in the federal system.  Foy is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.  

This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Patrick T. Greenwood and was investigated by Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement and the Webster County Sheriff’s Office.  Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.  The case file number is 25-CR-03016.  

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