SIOUX CITY – This drug dealer was sneaking around Clear Lake on a dimly-lit motorcycle, and after a caller alerted police, he was nabbed along with his numerous illegal poisons, and now will have to fester in a federal prison.
Alan Eugene Beier age 61, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, was sentenced on August 19, 2025, in federal court in Sioux City, Iowa for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that on September 14, 2024, an officer with the Clear Lake Police Department was dispatched for a driving complaint. The reporting party advised there was a dark colored motorcycle, dim headlight, and no taillights. The officer located the motorcycle and conducted a traffic stop. Beier was arrested for driving infractions. Beier and the motorcycle were searched and law enforcement recovered $864 cash, 10 grams of cocaine, 82 grams of marijuana, and 235 grams of methamphetamine. Beier further admitted to purchasing the methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana for $2,600 in Minnesota prior to being stopped and had plans to sell the methamphetamine to other persons in Northern Iowa.
Sentencing was held before United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand. Beier was sentenced to 42 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release following the imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. Beier remains in custody of the United States Marshal until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was investigated by the Clear Lake Police Department and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Kevin C. Fletcher and Kraig R. Hamit.