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Colorado man sentenced in Pott. County on money laundering & firearm charges

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March 26th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa reports a Colorado man was sentenced Tuesday in Pottawattamie County to spend a little more than 5-years in prison on a couple of charges. 31-year old Matthew Corey Cummings of Aurora, CO., was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John Jarvey to 63 months in prison for money laundering and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The Judge also ordered Cummings to serve two years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment. On November 1st, 2013, Cummings pled guilty to both charges as a result of an investigation being conducted by the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force into the distribution of controlled substances being distributed in Pottawattamie County from Colorado.

Money from the sale of these controlled substances was being returned to Colorado through a bank account which was set up for that purpose. In addition, when arrested while transporting marijuana into Pottawattamie County, Cummings was found to have a handgun in his possession.

The investigation was conducted by the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force, Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, Aurora Colorado Police Department, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.