Sioux City, Iowa — A California woman who was arrested in the parking lot of Grand Falls Casino near Larchwood for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine has pleaded guilty in federal court in Sioux City.
According to the United States Attorney’s Office in Sioux City, 33-year-old Marissa Weisbly of Los Osos, CA, was convicted of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.
The US Attorney’s office reports that at the plea hearing, Weisbly admitted that on February 8, 2020, while they were patrolling the Grand Falls Casino parking lot near Larchwood, law enforcement ultimately recovered four bags containing 1,215 grams of actual methamphetamine, two digital scales, drug paraphernalia, $817 in a safe, heroin, and marijuana in the vehicle Weisbly shared with two others.
They tell us Weisbly further admitted that she and her co-conspirators had brought pounds of methamphetamine to the Midwest to distribute to others.
Sentencing before United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Weisbly remains in the custody of the United States Marshal and will remain in custody pending sentencing. Weisbly faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, and at least 5 years of supervised release following any imprisonment.
The case was investigated by the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, Lyon County Attorney’s Office, and the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation.
