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Pottawattamie County Resident Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and 60 Months in Prison for Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking

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May 8th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa said Friday (Today), 50-year old Jeffrey Scott Gibler, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced Thursday to serve 10-years (120 months) in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, and 5-years (60 months) consecutive in prison for carrying and possessing a firearm in relation to and in furtherance of drug trafficking.

Gibler was also ordered to serve ten years of supervised release following imprisonment, and to pay $200 towards the Crime Victims Fun. Gibler pled guilty to the charges on January 1st (2015). The charges were the result of an investigation by law enforcement of drug trafficking that occurred in Pottawattamie County.

Beginning as early as March of 2013, continuing through October of 2013, Gibler
conspired with others to distribute over approximately two kilograms of methamphetamine in the Southern District of Iowa. Gibler was also found to have carried and possessed a .22-caliber revolver in relation to the methamphetamine distribution.

The investigation was conducted by the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force, and the case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.