Marissa Weisbly, Meth Conspiracy, Iowa 2021

California Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Iowa Meth Conspiracy

In a shocking turn of events, Marissa Weisbly, a 34-year-old woman from Los Osos, California, was sentenced to 93 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Iowa.

According to authorities, Weisbly was found guilty on August 19, 2020, of one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. At sentencing, it was revealed that Weisbly was involved in trafficking 70 pounds of methamphetamine across California, Iowa, and South Dakota.

On February 8, 2020, law enforcement searched a vehicle connected to Weisbly in the Grand Falls Casino parking lot in Larchwood, Iowa, and recovered nearly 3 pounds of methamphetamine and drug trafficking materials. It was discovered that earlier that winter, Weisbly and her coconspirators had brought pounds of methamphetamine to the Midwest for distribution.

Weisbly was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand. Her prison term will be followed by a 3-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mikala Steenholdt and was investigated by the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, Lyon County Attorney’s Office, and Iowa Department of Criminalistics Investigation.

The case file number is 20-4064, and more information can be found on the court’s website at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.

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Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndia/pr/california-woman-sentenced-federal-prison-iowa-meth-conspiracy