Tag: Iowa
Delmargo Dushawn Bruce, Distributing Controlled Substances and Possessing a Firearm, Iowa 2024
⏱ 2 min read Delmargo Dushawn Bruce, a 35-year-old Chicago man, has been sentenced to 2 years in federal prison for distributing controlled substances and possessing a firearm in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. On July 1, 2024, and July 19, 2024, Bruce sold approximately 5.93 grams of heroin and 9.76 grams of fentanyl, respectively. A search…
Vallene Marie Bell, Methamphetamine Distribution, Iowa 2024
⏱ 2 min read Vallene Marie Bell, a 35-year-old woman from Sioux City, Iowa, was involved in a large-scale methamphetamine distribution operation that spanned across Nebraska and Iowa. The operation, which was supplied by a Mexico-based source, used a network of local couriers to distribute the drugs to customers in the Omaha and Council Bluffs…
Floyd Coates, Drug Trafficking, Iowa 2019
⏱ 3 min read Floyd Coates and Dennis Lawson, two men with lengthy criminal histories, played roles in the disappearance and death of 18-year-old Nebraska woman Sunny Sramek in 2019. Coates, a meth kingpin, had arranged a drug resupply run to Kansas City, Missouri, and convinced Sramek to join him. They left Trenton, Nebraska, in…
Clayton Brown, Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Iowa 2025
⏱ 2 min read Clayton Brown, a 34-year-old from Lake City, Iowa, has been sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. Brown pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of felon in possession of a firearm. The crimes occurred in 2025,…
Sally Marie Green, Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Iowa 2024
⏱ 2 min read Sally Marie Green, a 52-year-old woman from Fort Dodge, Iowa, has been sentenced to over 12 years in federal prison for her role in a massive methamphetamine trafficking operation. From January 2024 to April 2025, Green conspired to distribute approximately 30 pounds of methamphetamine in the Fort Dodge area. The investigation,…
Rogelio Morales-Ramos, Illegal Reentry, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read Rogelio Morales-Ramos, a 36-year-old Guatemalan man, was sentenced to six months in federal prison for reentering the United States after being deported three times. Morales-Ramos, who was living in Sioux Center, Iowa, pleaded guilty to one count of illegal reentry on May 21, 2026. He was arrested on April 4, 2026,…
Floyd Clifford Coates, Drug Trafficking, Firearms, Obstruction of Justice, Obstruction of Justice, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read Floyd Clifford Coates and Dennis Lawson, two men linked to the death and disappearance of Sunny Sramek, were sentenced in federal court in the Northern District of Iowa. The sentencing, which took place on July 20, 2026, was the culmination of a lengthy investigation and trial that began with Coates’ conviction…
Damian Havens, Meth Conspiracy, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read Damian Havens, a 52-year-old from Sioux City, Iowa, pleaded guilty to a federal meth conspiracy charge on July 15, 2026. Between March and May 2026, Havens conspired with others to distribute over 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine in Sioux City. The meth ring was busted when law enforcement responded to a suspicious…
Chad Hoppe, Fentanyl and Dilaudid Diversion, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read Chad Hoppe, a 49-year-old former registered nurse from LeMars, Iowa, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for diverting large quantities of fentanyl and dilaudid. Between May 2024 and March 2025, Hoppe, who was working as a licensed nurse, stole the controlled substances for personal use and falsified medical records…
Jack James Erselius, Child Pornography and Cyber Stalking, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 20-year-old Montezuma man, Jack James Erselius, was sentenced on July 8, 2026, for his role in a heinous child pornography and cyber stalking case in Iowa. Erselius procured and created computer-generated child pornography images of 13 different victims under the age of 18, using electronic devices seized from his Story…
