Justin Michael Cinkan, Conspiring to Manufacture One-Pot Meth, Iowa 2018

A Cedar Rapids man has been convicted of conspiring to make one-pot meth near a Marion school.

Justin Michael Cinkan, age 27, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was found guilty of conspiring to manufacture five grams or more of methamphetamine near a school and possessing pseudoephedrine for the purpose of manufacturing methamphetamine, following a two-day trial in federal court.

The evidence presented in court showed that between September 2015 and May 2016, Cinkan purchased over 25 grams of pseudoephedrine, which he intended to use to cook into meth. On four other occasions during that time, Cinkan was blocked from purchasing pseudoephedrine as a result of the State of Iowa’s electronic pseudoephedrine tracking system.

Cinkan was also found to have had other people buy pseudoephedrine and other materials for manufacturing methamphetamine. In the days leading up to May 1, 2016, Cinkan and a woman gathered materials to cook meth at a home in Marion.

During an argument, Cinkan threatened to blow up the woman by lighting an active one-pot meth lab on fire. The woman’s brother discovered the apparent one-pot meth lab and called the authorities, resulting in the Marion Police Department discovering the one-pot lab and other meth-making materials in the house.

Cinkan faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of life imprisonment, as well as a $16,250,000 fine and a lifetime of supervised release following any imprisonment.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Dan Chatham and Kyndra Lundquist and was investigated by the Marion Police Department.

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