Dubuque Meth Cook Sentenced to 14 Years

Christopher Mayne, 34, of Dubuque, Iowa, was handed a 14-year federal prison term after setting his home ablaze while cooking meth. The blaze, which erupted in Mayne’s basement on December 4, 2012, engulfed the entire house and left three children in peril.

Mayne pleaded guilty to possessing pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture meth on December 18, 2013. During a traffic stop earlier that year, police recovered 180 pills of pseudoephedrine from him along with manufacturing paraphernalia.

The sentencing took place in Cedar Rapids before Chief Judge Linda R. Reade, who also imposed a $100 special assessment and a three-year supervised release term. Parole is non-existent in the federal system.

Mayne’s case was prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Lisa C. Williams, with investigations led by the Dubuque Drug Task Force, Dubuque Police Department, and Dubuque Fire Department. Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl, with case number 13-CR-1017.