ICE METHAMPHETAMINE TRAFFICKING ROCKS IOWA COMMUNITY: A Mount Vernon man was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for his role in distributing ice methamphetamine in the Northern District of Iowa.
Brice Aron Horton, 49, of Mount Vernon, Iowa, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance on March 10, 2025. He was subsequently sentenced to 147 months’ imprisonment on August 8, 2025, by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams in Cedar Rapids.
The case against Horton began on May 26, 2024, when officers with the Mt. Vernon-Lisbon Police Department stopped a vehicle driven by Horton. During the stop, officers seized 814.9 grams of ice methamphetamine and a loaded pistol from Horton’s vehicle.
Horton was a convicted felon at the time of the stop and was prohibited from possessing firearms. In a plea agreement, Horton admitted to distributing at least 13 pounds of ice methamphetamine in the Northern District of Iowa between May 2023 and May 2024. He also admitted to distributing 100 pills containing fentanyl during this time.
The case against Horton was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Jared Manternach and investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Mt. Vernon-Lisbon Police Department.
Horton must also serve a five-year term of supervised release after his prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
The case file information can be found at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 24-CR-99. Follow us on X @USAO_NDIA for more updates on this and other cases.
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Key Facts
- State: Iowa
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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