A man who conspired to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine was sentenced June 20, 2011, to federal prison.
Maurice Zittritsch, 50, from Burt, Iowa, received the prison term after a February 25, 2011, guilty plea to conspiring to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine.
At the guilty plea, Zittritsch admitted to conspiring to manufacture and distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine from 2006 through 2008 in and around the Kossuth County, Iowa area. In exchange for methamphetamine, Zittritsch bought pseudoephedrine pills used to manufacture methamphetamine, and allowed the methamphetamine to be manufactured on his farm.
Zittritsch was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett. Zittritsch was sentenced to 90 days’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $100 was imposed. He must also serve a 3-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Zittritsch is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde and was investigated by the Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office, Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Iowa Department of Narcotics Enforcement, and Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.
Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 10-3013.|
