Sioux City Man Sentenced To 11 Years In Federal Prison On Meth Trafficking

Sioux City, Iowa — A Sioux City man who was convicted of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced February 23, 2021, to 11 years in federal prison.

The United States Attorney’s Office reports that 30-year-old Nicholas Thompson of Sioux City received the prison term after a September guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Thompson had been previously convicted of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine in 2010.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office tells us that evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that between January 2019 and January 2020, Thompson and others conspired to distribute at least 5000 grams of methamphetamine mixture. They say that on two occasions in July and December of 2019, Thompson was stopped by law enforcement and found in possession of about half an ounce of methamphetamine. Later in December 2019, Thompson was apprehended pursuant to an arrest warrant and found in possession of more than two ounces of methamphetamine. Then in January 2020, law enforcement conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle occupied by Thompson. The driver attempted to flee in the vehicle and ran over stop-sticks deployed by law enforcement. Thompson exited the vehicle, fell down, and was caught with a bag of nearly ten ounces of methamphetamine near him. Law enforcement also seized a loaded .38 caliber handgun, with the serial number filed off, approximately 60 feet from where the vehicle ultimately stopped. The bag appeared to have been thrown from the vehicle. Thompson admitted he had been involved in the distribution of sizable quantities of methamphetamine since he had been released from federal prison and intended to distribute some or all of the methamphetamine to other persons.

Thompson was sentenced to 132 months in prison. He must also serve a 6-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

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