Crack Dealer Who Had Previously Been Convicted of a Felony Drug Offense Sent to Prison for More Than Five Years

A man who distributed crack cocaine in Waterloo was sentenced May 17, 2019, to more than five years in federal prison.

Edward Smart, age 56, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a July 2, 2018, guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine.  Smart had previously been convicted of a felony drug offense.

Smart was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by Chief United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand.  Smart was sentenced to 68 months’ imprisonment.  He must also serve a four-year term of supervised release after the prison term.  There is no parole in the federal system.

Smart is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Drew Inman and investigated as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program of the United States Department of Justice through a cooperative effort of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Drug Enforcement Administration, Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, and the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Task Force (Waterloo Police Department; Cedar Falls Police Department; Waverly Police Department; Bremer County Sheriff’s Office; Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office; LaPorte City Police Department; Evansdale Police Department; Hudson Police Department). 

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

The case file number is 18-CR-2023.

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