Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Heroin

A man who distributed heroin in Dubuque, Iowa, plead guilty on March 30, 2023.

John A. Pruitt, age 39, formerly of Dubuque, was convicted of distribution of heroin.

In a plea agreement, Pruitt admitted to distributing heroin in the Dubuque area.  In the fall of 2021, Pruitt was stopped by Dubuque police officers because he had three active arrest warrants.  During the stop, officers recovered a distribution quantity of heroin from Pruitt’s person and from the floorboard area, where he was reaching during the stop. 

Sentencing before United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams will be set after a presentence report is prepared.  Pruitt remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing.  Pruitt faces a possible maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment, a fine of not more than $1 million, and of at least three years and up to a lifetime of supervised release.

This case was investigated by the Dubuque Drug Task Force and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jason D. Norwood.

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.  The case file number is 22-CR-1030-CJW.

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