A Charles City man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking.
46-year-old Jeremy Scott admitted in federal court to being a passenger in a van that was stopped by law enforcement on Interstate 35 in Cerro Gordo County on June 6, 2024. Authorities say they received a tip that Scott was traveling to Iowa from California with multiple pounds of methamphetamine.
A K-9 was deployed around the van and provided a positive alert. Federal prosecutors say Scott admitted to having a meth pipe in the door of the van where he was seated and claimed everything in the van was his. Inside the vehicle, the Iowa State Patrol (ISP) discovered approximately four pounds of meth inside a Rice Krispies box.
Scott has pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams of meth and has been sentenced to seven years and six months in federal prison, followed by a four-year term of supervised release after the prison term.
The case was investigated by the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office, Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, and the ISP.
