Press Release
Davenport Man Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Iowa
DAVENPORT, IA - On February 27, 2017, Curtis Lee Dale, 44, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 300 months in prison for conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams and more of cocaine, 28 grams and more of cocaine base, and 100 grams and more of heroin; and, for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams of cocaine, at least 28 grams of cocaine base, and 100 grams of heroin, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. A concurrent sentence of 120 months in prison was also imposed for a felon in possession of a firearm charge. Dale committed these offenses while on federal supervised release for drug and gun convictions from 1997. At the conclusion of the sentencing hearing, Chief Judge Jarvey imposed a concurrent sentence of 60 months for violating supervised release in the 1997 case. Dale was also ordered to serve eight years of supervised release following the period of imprisonment, and pay $300 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
On June 2, 2016, Dale was arrested after U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and members of the Rock Island Police Department searched a storage unit accessed by Dale. The agents discovered more than a kilogram of cocaine, 5 ounces of cocaine base, and more than 100 grams of heroin in the unit along with a Ruger, 9mm pistol and ammunition. That same day, Dale was located and found with individually wrapped baggies of heroin in his pocket and approximately two ounces of cocaine in his residence.
On October 3, 3016, trial commenced in the U.S. Courthouse in Davenport, Iowa. On October 5, 2016, the jury returned a verdict of guilty conspiracy involving 28 grams and more of cocaine base, 500 grams and more of cocaine, and 100 grams and more of heroin, and guilty of the drug possession charge and the gun offense.
This matter was investigated by the U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Rock Island Police Department, the Bettendorf Police Department, and the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.
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Learn more about this release by calling Rachel J. Scherle at 515-473-9300, or by emailing her at Rachel.Scherle@usdoj.gov
Updated February 28, 2017
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Drug Trafficking
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