Cedar Rapids Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

A man who distributed methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine was sentenced on December 2, 2025, to 35 years in federal prison.

Cordarryl Cortez Smith, age 38, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 3, 2025, guilty plea to one count of distribution of a controlled substance near a protected location.

In March 2023, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, law enforcement officers purchased methamphetamine from Smith twice.  One of the purchases occurred within 1,000 feet of a school.  On March 22, 2023, officers stopped Smith’s car as it was returning to Cedar Rapids.  Although the car belonged to Smith, Smith’s brother and another individual were driving it.  Smith was in a separate car also on the way back to Cedar Rapids.  In the trunk of Smith’s car, officers located approximately an ounce of cocaine and approximately nine pounds of methamphetamine.  In November 2023, in Cedar Rapids, officers again purchased cocaine from Smith multiple times.  

Smith was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams.  Smith was sentenced to 420 months’ imprisonment.  He must also serve a ten-year term of supervised release after the prison term.  There is no parole in the federal system.

Smith 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 Adam J. Vander Stoep and was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Task Force consisting of the DEA; the Linn County Sheriff's Office; the Cedar Rapids Police Department; the Marion Police Department; and the

Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement.

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

The case file number is 24-CR-28.

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