Kimberly Hansen Sentenced to 37 Months for Meth Conspiracy, Sioux City IA, 2023

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Kimberly Hansen Sentenced to 37 Months for Meth Conspiracy, Sioux City IA, 2023

Kimberly Hansen, 58, from Sioux City, Iowa, has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine with others.

Evidence presented at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that Hansen was involved in a conspiracy with 7-8 other persons that distributed at least 15 kilograms of methamphetamine from June 2017 through August 2019.

According to the evidence, Hansen received multiple pounds of meth through the mail from California on 12 occasions for local drug dealer Melroy Johnson Sr. She also traveled to California and acquired multiple pounds of methamphetamine from the same California source, then transported the meth back to Sioux City, Iowa, for distribution.

Sentencing was held before United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand. Hansen was sentenced to 37 months’ imprisonment and must serve a 2-year term of supervised release following imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system.

Hansen remains in the custody of the United States Marshal until she can be transported to a federal prison. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde and investigated by the United States Postal Service, and the Tri-State Drug Task Force based in Sioux City, Iowa.

The Tri-State Drug Task Force consists of law enforcement personnel from the Drug Enforcement Administration; Sioux City, Iowa, Police Department; Homeland Security Investigations; Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office; South Sioux City, Nebraska, Police Department; Nebraska State Patrol; Iowa National Guard; Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement; United States Marshals Service; South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation; and Woodbury County Attorney’s Office.

The case file number is 22-4086. For more information, visit ecf.iand.uscourts.gov. Follow the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa on Twitter @USAO_NDIA.