A Sioux City man and woman have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a methamphetamine conspiracy. Craig Barclay, age 34, from Sioux City, received a 10-year prison term, and Sarah Berg, age 33, from Sioux City, received a 5-year prison term.
Barclay pleaded guilty on February 27, 2014, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Berg pleaded guilty on May 5, 2014, to one count of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, one count of interfering with commerce by robbery, one count of carjacking, and one count of transporting a stolen vehicle interstate.
Evidence presented at the trial of Jamal and Levon Dean revealed that Berg took the Deans along as muscle to an encounter with Jeffery Rollinger, a drug dealer, on April 15, 2013. Rollinger was robbed at gunpoint of his illegal drugs and other property and carjacked. In a second robbery on April 24, 2013, Jamal and Levon Dean robbed Craig Barclay at gunpoint, stealing illegal drugs and other property from Barclay, who was a drug dealer at the time.
The sentences were punishment for Berg’s role in the April 15 offense and Barclay’s drug trafficking. Barclay and Berg were sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett. Barclay was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment and a special assessment of $100. Berg was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment and a special assessment of $400.
Barclay must also serve a five-year term of supervised release after the prison term, and Berg must serve a 3-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system. Both Barclay and Berg are being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until they can be transported to a federal prison.
The case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a cooperative local, state, and federal program aimed at the enhanced prosecution of gun and violent crimes. The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the United States Marshal’s Service, the Iowa Department of Public Safety, the Tri State Drug Task Force, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Sioux City, Iowa Police Department, the South Sioux City, Nebraska Police Department, the Woodbury County (Iowa) Attorney’s Office, the Dakota County (Nebraska) Attorney’s Office, the Nebraska State Patrol, the Dakota County (Nebraska) Sheriff’s Office, and the Woodbury County (Iowa) Sheriff’s Office. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Forde Fairchild.
Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number for Barclay is 13-4106, and the case file number for Berg is 13-4082.
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Key Facts
- State: Iowa
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: Official Source ↗
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