Page County Woman Sentenced for Drug and Gun Offenses

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced that on February 27, 2019, Devon Miller, age 28, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substances namely, Oxycodone, Adderall, and Hydrocodone, while in possession of a firearm. Miller was sentenced to a total term of imprisonment of 66 months to be followed by a term of supervised release of three years.

On July 14, 2017, a Mills County Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic stop on a car driven by Miller. Miller did not have a driver’s license and provided a false name. Subsequent to her arrest, a search of the car located over 100 different pills, all of which were controlled substances. Located with the pills was a loaded .45 caliber handgun. An Investigation by the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement found Miller was selling the pills in Southwest Iowa.

This case was investigated by the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, Taylor County Sheriff’s Office and Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.