COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Monday, July 13, 2020, Douglas Schlott, age 35, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to a total of 71 months in prison to be followed by a five year term of supervised release for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and Possessing a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking.

Also sentenced by Judge Rose as part of the cocaine conspiracy was Tyler Alwan, age 21, of Council Bluffs. Alwan pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and was sentenced to 16 months in prison to be followed by four years of supervised release.

The charges were the result of an investigation initiated by a concerned citizen who provided information to the Council Bluffs Police Department that drugs were being distributed in a parking lot. An undercover investigation of this information led local law enforcement to execute a search warrant at Douglas Schlott’s residence in Council Bluffs where police located cocaine, drug paraphernalia, and a firearm.

This investigation was conducted by the Council Bluffs Police Department and prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.