Cedar Rapids Meth Dealer Sent to Federal Prison

A Cedar Rapids man who possessed methamphetamine and a revolver was sentenced on November 19, 2021, to more than five years in federal prison.

Donald Devere White III, age 48, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after an August 2, 2021 guilty plea to one count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. 

Information at the sentencing hearing showed that, on October 22, 2018, officers with the Cedar Rapids Police Department conducted a traffic stop on White’s truck.  During the traffic stop, officers searched White’s truck and recovered close to 35 grams of methamphetamine and a revolver.  White admitted in a plea agreement that he intended to distribute some or all of that methamphetamine to another person. 

White was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams.  White was sentenced to 63 months’ imprisonment.  He must also serve a five-year term of supervised release after the prison term.  There is no parole in the federal system.

White 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 Cedar Rapids Police Department and 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 19-CR-115.

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