Man Who Tried to Ditch Meth While Running From Police Sentenced to More than a Decade in Prison

A man who attempted to run from cops and ditch the meth he was carrying was sentenced January 6, 2020, to more than ten years in federal prison.

Robert Ryan Lee Baer, age 43, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a July 26, 2019 guilty plea to possessing meth with the intent to distribute it.

In a plea agreement, Baer admitted discarding a glove which had a bag containing 109.89 grams of pure methamphetamine while he was running from the cops.  Baer has numerous previous state criminal convictions, including possessing methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, possessing contraband while confined, and another conviction for possessing a controlled substance.  Baer also has six convictions for theft and a forgery conviction.

Baer was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams.  Baer was sentenced to 130 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.  Baer 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 Emily K. Nydle and investigated by the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Cedar Rapids Police Department.

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

The case file number is 19-cr-00060.

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