A Council Bluffs resident and Guatemalan native, Wilton Omar Garcia-Castillo, has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for methamphetamine-related charges.
A Honduran citizen, Francisco Antonio Santos Martinez, has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
On February 26, 2025, the final defendant in a significant gang investigation involving the Only My Brothers (OMB) street gang was sentenced to federal prison.
A man from Des Moines, Iowa, originally from Vietnam, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
A man from Waukee, Iowa, Stephan Rashad Haley, aged 36, was sentenced to 32 years in federal prison for his involvement in fraud, money laundering, and fentanyl distribution.
A Des Moines resident has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance containing fentanyl.
A Shelby County man, Sean Patrick Gifford, has been sentenced to 270 months in federal prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.