Sioux City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Meth Conviction

Aurelio Solorio, age 37, from Sioux City, Iowa, was sentenced on June 13, 2023, to over 11 years’ imprisonment, in federal court in Sioux City, Iowa.

Solorio pled guilty July 22, 2022, to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.  Solorio was previously convicted of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance in the United States District Court for South Dakota in 2011.

At the hearings, evidence showed that on May 24, 2021, Solorio was stopped for suspected driving while intoxicated.  A search of Solorio’s vehicle revealed 90 grams of pure methamphetamine.  Separately, on July 6, 2021, during an investigation for drug activity, a search warrant was executed on a home where defendant was present.  A search uncovered over 2 pounds of methamphetamine and multiple guns.  Additionally, as part of the investigation, law enforcement seized a .380 handgun from Solorio’s storage shed.  He was under federal supervised release at the time he committed these offenses.         

Sentencing was held before United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand.  Solorio was sentenced to 134 months’ imprisonment and must serve a seven-year term of supervised release.  This sentence is to run consecutive to a 46 month term of imprisonment for other violations of his federal supervised release.  There is no parole in the federal system.  Solorio remains in custody of the United States Marshals Service until he can be transported to a federal prison. 

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Patrick T. Greenwood and was investigated by 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.   

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

The case file number is 22-4001.  Follow us on Twitter @USAO_NDIA.