Mason City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine

A man who sold methamphetamine in the Mason City area was sentenced today to more than 8 years in federal prison.

Jay James Eden, age 32, from Mason City, Iowa, received the prison term after a January 13, 2023, guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.

In a plea agreement, Eden admitted that between fall of 2020, and the fall of 2021, he and Nathan Carlson conspired with others to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.  Eden further admitted that on or about September 20, 2021, he knowingly distributed more than 50 grams of “ice” methamphetamine in the Mason City area. Eden was a drug dealer who was getting methamphetamine from Minnesota and re-selling it in and around Mason City. 

Eden was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand.  Eden was sentenced to 100 months’ imprisonment.  He was ordered to pay a mandatory special assessment of $100.  He must also serve a 5-year term of supervised release after the prison term.  There is no parole in the federal system.

Eden 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 Jack Lammers and investigated by the Cerro Gordo Sheriff’s Office, Mason City Police Department, Clear Lake Police Department, Iowa Division 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-3025.

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