Rock Valley Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

Terrance Buescher, age 58, from Rock Valley, Iowa, pled guilty on March 15, 2024, in federal court in Sioux City, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. 

 At the plea hearing, Buescher admitted that from April 2022 through January 2023, he was involved in a conspiracy that distributed at least 20 pounds of methamphetamine in the Rock Valley area.  Buescher further admitted to obtaining pounds of methamphetamine about every ten days from a source in Colorado to distribute in Northern Iowa for about nine months.  

 Sentencing before United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand will be set after a presentence report is prepared.  Buescher was taken into custody by the United States Marshal after the guilty plea and will remain in custody pending sentencing.  Buescher faces a possible maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, and at least three years of supervised release following any imprisonment.

 The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde and was investigated by the Tri-State Drug Task Force based in Sioux City, Iowa, that consists of law enforcement personnel from the Drug Enforcement Administration; Sioux City, Iowa, Police Department; Homeland Security Investigations; Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office; South Sioux City, Nebraska, Police Department; Nebraska State Patrol; Iowa National Guard; Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement; United States Marshals Service; South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation; and Woodbury County Attorney’s Office, and the Rock Valley Police Department. 

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

The case file number is 23-4014.  Follow us on Twitter @USAO_NDIA.