Fort Dodge meth dealer gets 15 years in federal prison

SIOUX CITY – This Fort Dodge drug dealer spread over 14 pounds of poison throughout the community, and now he will spend 15 years in a federal prison.

Loren Craig, age 52, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, was sentenced November 20, 2025,and received the 15-year prison term after a July 14, 2025, guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

At the plea and sentencing hearings, Craig (pictured at top) admitted that from August to September 2023, he and others came to an agreement to distribute over 14 pounds of methamphetamine in the Fort Dodge area. Following an investigation, law enforcement became aware Craig was a distributor of methamphetamine. On September 29, 2023, law enforcement executed a search warrant at his residence and located methamphetamine, two firearms, and drug-distribution items.

Craig was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand. Craig was sentenced to 180 months’ imprisonment. He must also serve a five-year term of supervised release after the prison term.

There is no parole in the federal system.

Craig 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 Patrick Greenwood and was investigated by the Webster County Sheriff’s Office, the Fort Dodge Police Department and the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement.