Rachel Ann Danielson, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Iowa 2021

Rachel Ann Danielson, a 42-year-old resident of St. Paul, Minnesota, has been sentenced to 144 months in prison for her role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy in Iowa. Danielson was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release following her prison term, as well as pay $100 to the Crime Victims' Assistance Fund.

The sentencing took place on March 25, 2021, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. At the time of the offense, Danielson was serving a term of federal supervised release for a prior drug conviction in the District of North Dakota. Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger sentenced Danielson to two years in prison for violating her supervised release, to be served consecutively to her 144-month sentence.

Danielson was the last individual to be sentenced of the five defendants charged in the methamphetamine conspiracy. The investigation, which began in 2019, revealed that Danielson was supplying methamphetamine to others in Iowa, including Michael Roy Marsh, Jeremy Travis Beason, and Tiffany Carol Wagner. Marsh, Beason, and Wagner were all sentenced to prison terms in November 2021 for their roles in the conspiracy.

Marcus Antonio Hernandez Lopez, a 35-year-old resident of Kansas City, Missouri, was also sentenced to 198 months in prison for his role in the conspiracy. Lopez was charged in a separate indictment and was ordered to surrender to the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for removal proceedings following his prison term.

The 2019 investigation revealed that Hernandez Lopez was supplying kilogram quantities of methamphetamine to Marsh and Danielson for distribution in Iowa. In total, Hernandez Lopez is responsible for the distribution of 45 kilograms of methamphetamine.

The investigation was conducted by the Mid-Iowa Drug Task Force and the Drug Enforcement Administration, with the case being prosecuted by the United States Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Iowa.

The defendants in this case were charged with conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. The charges were brought as a result of a multi-agency investigation into methamphetamine trafficking in Iowa.

The sentencing of Rachel Ann Danielson brings to a close the case involving the methamphetamine conspiracy. The prison terms imposed on the defendants in this case reflect the seriousness of the charges and the harm caused by their actions.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdia/pr/marshalltown-minnesota-and-kansas-city-residents-sentenced-prison-methamphetamine