COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum has announced 35-year old Timothy Dean Curphey, from Clarinda, was sentenced Wednesday to 204 months (17 years) in prison, for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. His sentence, which was handed-down in U-S District Court in Council Bluffs, also includes seven-years of supervised release following his imprisonment.

In April 2016, a concerned citizen presented a suspicious package to the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office. Law enforcement examined the package, and discovered it had been sent from Mexico and contained methamphetamine disguised as candy. The investigation led to Curphey and others that had distributed over fifty pounds of methamphetamine in Southwest Iowa.

Curphey briefly escaped from the Page County Jail in the spring of 2016. He jumped the fence in an exercise yard and was captured about a block-and-a-half away.

The case against him was investigated by Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Page County Sheriff’s Office, Adams County Sheriff’s Office and Taylor County Sheriff’s Office. It was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.