Chad Panzi, Methamphetamine Conspiracy, Iowa 2013

Fort Dodge, Iowa - A man who conspired to manufacture methamphetamine was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison.

Chad Panzi, 31, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, received the prison term after a guilty plea to conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine on September 13, 2012.

Panzi was previously convicted of possession of a precursor with intent to manufacture methamphetamine in the Iowa District Court for Humboldt County in 2008 and manufacturing methamphetamine in the Iowa District Court for Webster County in 2004.

At the guilty plea, Panzi admitted that from about 2009 through November 2011 he was involved in a conspiracy which manufactured at least 50 grams of actual (pure) methamphetamine. According to pseudoephedrine logs obtained in the investigation, from January 2011 through November 2011, Panzi acquired at least 45.12 grams of pseudoephedrine for the purposes of manufacturing methamphetamine.

Panzi was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett. Panzi was sentenced to 132 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $100 was imposed. He must also serve a 10-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

Panzi is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde and was investigated by the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations, and Fort Dodge Police Department.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndia/pr/fort-dodge-man-federal-prison-meth-conspiracy-1