Sioux City, Iowa — A Terrill man faces ten years in federal prison after he was sentenced in federal court in Sioux City this week for dealing meth in northwest Iowa.
According to the US Attorney’s Office, 47-year-old Timothy Steinbeck of Terril pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
Steinbeck admitted that from August 2021 through June 2022, he and others were involved in a conspiracy to distribute nearly six pounds of methamphetamine in Northwest Iowa. Evidence further showed that Steinbeck distributed methamphetamine to an individual cooperating with law enforcement on three separate occasions. They tell us that on June 15, 2022, law enforcement searched Steinbeck’s residence in Royal and seized additional methamphetamine. That same day, firearms were seized from a relative’s home. They say Steinbeck had moved them in an attempt to conceal them from law enforcement.
Steinbeck was sentenced in Sioux City to 120 months’ imprisonment. Steinbeck must also serve a five-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
The case was investigated by the Iowa Department of Narcotics Enforcement, Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Spencer Police Department, O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office, Estherville Police Department, Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Iowa DCI Laboratory, the Clay County Attorney’s Office, the Iowa State Patrol, and Iowa State Patrol Tactical Teams.
