Sioux City Woman to Federal Prison for Meth Conspiracy

Kailey Olson, 30, from Sioux City, Iowa, was sentenced June 27, 2023, in federal court in Sioux City, to 29 months’ imprisonment.

At the plea hearing on January 12, 2023, Olson admitted that from December 2020 through April 2021, she and others distributed more than 12 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Sioux City area. Olson was an interstate transporter of substantial quantities of methamphetamine and thousands of dollars in a Texas based methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that included the importation of liquid (for lab-based methamphetamine conversion) plus traditional vehicle transport of drugs from Texas to Iowa and bulk transport of money to Texas in payment for the drugs. 

Sentencing was held before United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand.  Olson was sentenced to 29 months’ imprisonment and must serve a three-year term of supervised release following imprisonment.  There is no parole in the federal system.  Olson remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending transportation to a federal prison. 

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde 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 21-4067.  Follow us on Twitter @USAO_NDIA.