The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa said Friday (today), a Union County man was sentenced to prison on drug charges. 38-year old Brandon Robert Fry, of Creston, appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Celeste F. Bremer in Des Moines, and entered a guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

Fry admitted that he knowingly possessed over 500 grams of methamphetamine on June 4, 2019, which was found by law enforcement in a white Mercedes, in Creston. Fry admitted that prior to being arrested on June 4, 2019, he had intended to distribute the methamphetamine. At the time of this offense, Fry was on federal supervised release for a prior conviction of felon in possession of a firearm.

Pursuant to the plea agreement, Fry faces an agreed-upon sentence of 188 months in prison. He is also subject to at least 5 years of supervised release following the imprisonment. Sentencing is scheduled for 9:30-a.m. February 24, 2020, at the United States Courthouse in Des Moines, Iowa.

The matter was investigated by the United States Probation Office, the Creston Police Department, the Des Moines Police Department, the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, and the Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement (MINE) Task force. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s office for the Southern District of Iowa.