Cedar Rapids Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to Federal Prison

A Cedar Rapids man who distributed thousands of fentanyl pills was sentenced on June 2, 2025, to more than six years in federal prison.  

Artadius Damon Robinson, age 24, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a December 31, 2024 guilty plea to one count of distribution of a controlled substance. 

Information disclosed at the sentencing hearing showed that, between April 2022 and August 2023, Robinson distributed thousands of fentanyl pills in the Cedar Rapids area.  At one point, Robinson bragged that he made $1,000 a day selling fentanyl.  During the period he was distributing fentanyl, Robinson possessed a firearm with an extended drum magazine attached.  Robinson had been ineligible to possess firearms since 2020 due to two firearm‑related felony convictions.  

Robinson was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams.  Robinson was sentenced to 78 months’ imprisonment, and he must also serve a three‑year term of supervised release after the prison term.  There is no parole in the federal system.  Robinson 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 Dillan Edwards and investigated by the Johnson County Drug Task Force, consisting of the Johnson County Sherriff’s Office, the Iowa City Police Department, the Coralville Police Department, the North Liberty Police Department, the University of Iowa Police Department, and the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement; the Cedar Rapids Police Department; and the Drug Enforcement Administration. 

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 24‑CR‑00057.  Follow us on X @USAO_NDIA.