CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who had previously served a federal term of 235 months’ imprisonment was sentenced to another term of 15 months’ imprisonment for violating conditions of his supervised release.
On August 29, 2022, Mingo Flores, 38, from Mason City, Iowa, received the prison term after violating terms of his supervised release. Specifically, Flores was determined by the district court to have two new law violations, including an assault and possession of methamphetamine-second offense. When Flores was arrested on the federal supervision violation stemming from the assault allegations, he was found with methamphetamine, which he attempted to destroy by attempting to flush the methamphetamine down a toilet at the Cerro Gordo County Jail.
In 2001, Flores was sentenced to federal prison for a term of 235 months and a five-year term of supervised release for distribution of LSD. Flores had been on supervised release for approximately two years prior to his violations of the terms of his release. On August 29, 2022, Flores was sentenced in Sioux City, Iowa, by United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand to 15 months’ imprisonment. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after service of this prison term. There is no parole in the federal system. Flores remains 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 investigated by the Mason City Police Department, the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office, and United States Probation.
