Pottawattamie County Resident Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On June 12, 2015, Ruben Toledo Jr., a 20 year-old resident of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 84 months in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Toledo was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release following imprisonment, and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victim Fund.

On January 8, 2015, Toledo pled guilty to this charge, which was the result of an investigation by law enforcement of drug trafficking that occurred in and around the Southern District of Iowa and the District of Nebraska. Beginning as early as February of 2014, continuing through September of 2014, Toledo conspired with others to distribute methamphetamine in the Southern District of Iowa.

The investigation was conducted by the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force and the Drug Enforcement Administration. This case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.