COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced today (Tuesday), that 39-year old Dustin Shawn Morrison, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced in U-S District Court, to 151 months (12.5 years) in prison, for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance. His sentence also includes a supervised term of release of five years, once he is released from prison.

On April 26, 2019, law enforcement was conducting a routine check of parolees when officers stopped Morrison. Morrison was found in possession of a bag containing three pounds of methamphetamine. The case was investigated by the Council Bluffs Police Department, Southwest Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force, and the Iowa State Parole Office. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.