COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum today (Friday) announced that on April 18, 2019, 59-year old Robert Joe Kinney, Sr., was sentenced in Council Bluffs United States District Court, for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. Kinney was sentenced to 140 months in prison to be followed by a term of supervised release of eight years.

Authorities say on three separate occasions between March 22, 2018 and June 6, 2018, Kinney sold methamphetamine to undercover law enforcement. This matter was investigated by Council Bluffs Police Department and the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.