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Iowa man pleads guilty in conspiracy to distribute over 100 pounds of meth in Fort Dodge area

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FORT DODGE – A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pled guilty November 26, 2018, in federal court in Sioux City.

Craig Eugene Essing, 59, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

At the plea hearing, Essing admitted that from June 2015 through September 2017, he and others in the conspiracy distributed over 100 pounds of methamphetamine in the Fort Dodge area.  Essing was obtaining methamphetamine from sources in Des Moines, Iowa for redistribution in the Fort Dodge area.  During a search warrant at Essing’s residence on September 8, 2017, law enforcement seized approximately fourteen ounces of methamphetamine, eleven firearms, numerous rounds of ammunition, approximately $4,900, three digital scales, packaging material, and other drug paraphernalia.

Sentencing before United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand will be set after a presentence report is prepared.  Essing remains in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing.  Essing faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, and at least 5 years of supervised release following any imprisonment.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ajay Alexander and Shawn S. Wehde and was investigated by the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, DCI Criminalist Laboratory, Iowa State Patrol, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Fort Dodge Police Department and the Central Iowa Drug Task Force.

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