Sioux City Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

Alexander Summers, 29, from Sioux City, Iowa, pled guilty May 8, 2025, in federal court in Sioux City to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.

At the plea hearing Summers admitted that for five months in 2023 he and others conspired to distribute methamphetamine in the Sioux City, Iowa area.  Specifically, on one occasion in 2023, Summers distributed over 400 grams of pure methamphetamine to an individual cooperating with law enforcement.  Summers further admitted to methamphetamine trafficking and assisting another in methamphetamine trafficking in exchange for a place to live in Sioux City.

Sentencing before United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand will be set after a presentence report is prepared.  Summers remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing.  Summers faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, and at least five 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 the Woodbury County Attorney’s Office.    

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

The case file number is 24-4051.  Follow us on X @USAO_NDIA.