Crystal Lake Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine

A woman who conspired to distribute methamphetamine in the Crystal Lake area was sentenced June 29, 2023, to more than 5 years in federal prison.

Ashley Dawn Henken, age 39, from Crystal Lake, Iowa, received the prison term after a January 5, 2023, guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.

At the plea hearing, Henken admitted that between 2020, and continuing to May 2021, she did knowingly and intentionally conspire with others to distribute 500 grams or more of a methamphetamine mixture, and/or 50 grams of actual (pure) methamphetamine, commonly called “ice” methamphetamine.  Henken was stopped by law enforcement on May 10, 20221, with a pound of methamphetamine.

Henken was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand.  Henken was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment.  She must also serve a 3-year term of supervised release after the prison term.  There is no parole in the federal system.

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

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jack Lammers and investigated by the Cerro Gordo Sheriff’s Office, Clear Lake Police Department, Mason City Police Department, Iowa Department of Narcotics Enforcement, and the North Central Iowa Drug Task Force.   

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

The case file number is 22-CR-3032.

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