SIOUX CITY – An Iowa man was sentenced May 2, 2017, to more than six years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
Sergio Lopez-Granillo, 25, from Sioux Center, IA, received the prison term after a guilty plea on January 26, 2017, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
At his guilty plea hearing, Lopez-Granillo admitted his involvement in a conspiracy that distributed at least 1,500 grams of actual (pure) methamphetamine from 2015 through September 2016 in Minnesota and Iowa. Lopez-Granillo admitted he repeatedly purchased 1 to 2 ounces of methamphetamine for a total of nearly 25 pounds from Rogelio Garcia-Jimenez in Worthington, MN for redistribution/use in Iowa over the course of about three years ending in 2016. Lopez-Granillo also admitted to distributing methamphetamine to an individual cooperating with law enforcement on a number of occasions.
Lopez-Granillo was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand. Lopez-Granillo was sentenced to 61 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $300 was imposed. He must also serve a 2-year term of supervised release after the prison term. Lopez-Granillo 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 as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program of the United States Department of Justice through a cooperative effort of the Drug Enforcement Administration; Iowa Department of Narcotics Enforcement; Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension; South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation; Buffalo Ridge Task Force; and Internal Revenue Service.
