Council Bluffs Woman Sentenced to 15 Years’ Imprisonment for Methamphetamine and Firearm Charges

United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Angela Michelle Brown, 46, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced on March 18, 2022, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. Chief United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Brown to 10 years’ imprisonment on the drug charge and a consecutive 5 years on the gun charge. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing her term of imprisonment, Brown will begin a 5-year term of supervised release.

In October of 2017, Omaha Police Officers utilized a cooperating witness to buy gram quantities of methamphetamine from Brown at various Omaha locations. The cooperator conducted four buys over a year and a half. During each buy, Brown took the cooperator with her to buy from her source of supply of methamphetamine.

On April 16, 2021, officers arrested Brown on an arrest warrant. In her possession officers found approximately 50 grams of methamphetamine and a gun.

This case was investigated by the Omaha Police Department.