Jason Richard Corey, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Iowa 2020

A Fairfax man, Jason Richard Corey, has been convicted of selling over 25 pounds of methamphetamine in his residence in Fairfax, Iowa.

Corey, aged 54, was convicted by a jury on November 4, 2020, after a three-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.

The evidence at trial showed that Corey sold a quarter pound of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in August 2019 at Corey’s home in Fairfax.

Shortly after the sale, Corey was in a car that was stopped and found to have more than 70 grams of meth inside, hidden in the bottom of a disinfectant wipes container and a bag.

Law enforcement searched Corey’s home and found a half pound of methamphetamine. Officers also found two guns in the house.

During an interview after the search, Corey admitted dealing more than 25 pounds of methamphetamine during 2019 and that one of his meth sources gave him the two firearms that Corey could use to protect himself.

Corey faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of a lifetime of imprisonment, a $10,250,000 fine, and at least 10 years of supervised release following any imprisonment.

Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 20-cr-00029.

Corey remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Emily K. Nydle and was investigated as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program through a cooperative effort of the Cedar Rapids Police Department, the Marion Police Department, the Hiawatha Police Department, the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The charges against Corey include conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, distribution of a controlled substance, two counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

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