SIOUX CITY – A Northern Iowa man has been sent to prison for over 19 years for a conspiracy to deal meth.
On February 18, 2022, Armando Silva Reyes, 55, from Spencer, Iowa, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and two counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. He was sentenced on September 30, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City.
At the plea and sentencing hearings, evidence showed that between January 2020 and February 2021, Silva Reyes and others were involved in a conspiracy to distribute pounds of methamphetamine in Northern Iowa. On at least two separate occasions, Silva Reyes distributed more than a quarter pound of pure methamphetamine to individuals cooperating with law enforcement. On February 3, 2021, defendant and others received approximately 3 pounds of methamphetamine utilizing the United States Postal Service at the Spencer post office.
Sentencing was held before United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand. Silva Reyes was sentenced to 235 months’ imprisonment and must serve a five-year term of supervised release following imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. Silva Reyes remains in custody of the United States Marshal until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Patrick T. Greenwood and was investigated by the Iowa Great Lakes Drug Task Force, United States Postal Inspection Service, Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Office, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and Iowa DCI Laboratory.
