Meth Dealer with Firearm Sentenced to Over a Decade in Prison

A man who distributed methamphetamine from his garage in Lowden, Iowa, was sentenced on January 31, 2024, to 121 months in federal prison.

Dalton James Griebel, age 31, from Davenport, Iowa, received the prison term after an August 10, 2023 guilty plea to one count of distribution of a controlled substance.          

In April 2022, Griebel sold methamphetamine to an individual inside the garage of Griebel’s home in Lowden.  At the time of the sale, Griebel had a firearm in his waistband.  When law enforcement later searched the home, they found additional methamphetamine, a digital scale, drug paraphernalia, and parts of firearms and ammunition.

Griebel was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams. Griebel was sentenced to 121 months’ imprisonment.  He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term.  There is no parole in the federal system.  Griebel 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 Nicole L. Nagin, and it was investigated by the Cedar County Sherif’s Office, the Muscatine County Drug Task Force, the Muscatine Special Operations Response Team, Tipton Police Department, Iowa State Patrol, Clarence Police Department, and the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement.

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.  The case file number is 23-CR- 00020.

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