Former California Man Sentenced to 360 Months in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

DES MOINES, IA - On July 6, 2017, Jonathan Leroy Homedewheather Jean Reekr, age 43, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 360 months in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Homedew will be required to serve a ten-year term of supervised release following his imprisonment.

On February 22, 2017, a jury found Homedew guilty of the drug trafficking charge following a trial before Chief Judge Jarvey.

On September 8, 2016, law enforcement arrested Homedew after he arrived at the Des Moines International Airport. Police seized several U.S. Postal Service shipping receipts from Homedew that indicated eight parcels had been shipped from Southern California and were to arrive in the Des Moines area on September 9. The eight parcels were located at Des Moines area postal facilities and searched pursuant to warrants; the parcels contained over 10 kilograms of ice methamphetamine.

At trial, testimony and supporting evidence showed that Homedew had been traveling between Iowa and California repeatedly during the summer of 2016 to buy multi-pound quantities of methamphetamine in California that Homedew then shipped to the Des Moines area. Homedew coordinated the further distribution of the methamphetamine to customers in Iowa.

Homedew’s three co-defendants each pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking charges: Michael Patrick Carr was sentenced to 190 months in prison, Sonya Rae Tucker received 90 months in prison, and Amber Marie Shipp is awaiting sentencing.

The United States Postal Inspection Service, Des Moines Police Department – Narcotics Control Section, and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration conducted the investigation. This 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.