A 38-year-old man from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for distributing large quantities of cocaine that resulted in the death of a young woman in Dubuque, Iowa.
Michael Samuel Knight, 38, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, received the prison term after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine within 1000 feet of several parks and schools in Dubuque between 2017 and April 2021. The conspiracy resulted in the death of a young Dubuque woman on February 14, 2021.
Knight also pleaded guilty to personally distributing the cocaine on February 14, 2021, that caused the woman’s death. At the plea hearing, Knight admitted to being a member of a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in the Dubuque area near numerous parks and schools. He admitted to getting cocaine from an individual who brought it from Chicago and then working with others to distribute the cocaine to customers in Dubuque.
On February 14, 2021, Knight distributed cocaine to a young woman in Dubuque who went home, used the cocaine, and died. Knight was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams.
Knight was sentenced to 201 months and 19 days in prison and ordered to make $13,911 in restitution to the victim’s family. He must also serve an 8-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Knight is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Patrick J. Reinert and Nicole Nagin and was investigated as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program of the United States.
The case file number is 23-CR-01013. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
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Key Facts
- State: Iowa
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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