CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who distributed heroin to an individual who died from using the heroin pled guilty on July 28, 2014, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
Austin Allen Martens, age 24, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was convicted of distribution of heroin.
In a plea agreement, Martens admitted that he distributed $80 worth of heroin to another individual in March 2013. The purchaser was found deceased the next day, having overdosed after using the heroin distributed by defendant.
Sentencing before United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Martens remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. Martens faces a possible maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, $100 in special assessments, and up to a lifetime of supervised release following any imprisonment.
PLEAD GUILTY
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