Fort Dodge, Iowa, Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced to ten years in federal prison.

Christopher Lee Caquelin, age 41, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 26, 2025, guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and one count of distribution of a controlled substance.

At the guilty plea, Caquelin admitted that from January 1, 2023, to about October 31, 2024, Caquelin was part of an ongoing drug conspiracy based in Fort Dodge, Iowa, to distribute 50 grams or more of pure methamphetamine.  Caquelin and others sold methamphetamine to people in the Fort Dodge area.   

Caquelin was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand.  Caquelin was sentenced to 120 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.

Caquelin 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 Kevin C. Fletcher and Jack Lammers and was investigated by Webster County Sheriff’s Office, Fort Dodge Police Department, and 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-03049.  Follow us on X @USAO_NDIA.