Rock Rapids, Iowa — A Sibley man has been sentenced on a felony drug charge in Lyon County.
Lyon County Attorney Shayne Mayer’s office reports that 46-year-old Gary DeWayne McConnell of Sibley has been sentenced for Possession with Intent to Deliver Methamphetamine, a Class C Felony.
They say the charges stemmed from a routine traffic stop in George on August 20, 2016. Law enforcement initially pulled over McConnell’s vehicle after observing that McConnell, the passenger in the vehicle, was not wearing a seatbelt. Having noticed some suspicious movements by McConnell and alerted to the presence of a scale in the vehicle, law enforcement searched McConnell’s person and discovered methamphetamine hidden in his shoe. During the course of the subsequent investigation, it was discovered that McConnell had also been distributing drugs to others.
The sheriff’s office says that there was also a child present in the vehicle when the drugs were located.
McConnell was charged with Possession of Methamphetamine With Intent To Distribute, Possession of a Controlled Substance, Third or Subsequent Offense, and Use of Minor in Drug Trade.
On Monday, January 9, 2017, McConnell was taken into immediate custody and sentenced to prison on the possession with intent to deliver charge. The County Attorney’s Office says he will be placed in the custody of the Iowa Department of Corrections, and housed at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center at Oakdale, Iowa, for a period not to exceed ten (10) years. He must pay certain fines and surcharges. The other charges were dropped in the plea agreement.
