(Pottawattamie County, Iowa) – A judge in Council Bluffs U-S District Court, Thursday, sentenced a Mills County man to prison for Possession with the Intent to Distribute/Methamphetamine. Authorities say 42-year-old Joshua Matthew St. John, of Glenwood, was sentenced to 11-years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.

According to court documents, St. John pleaded guilty to the methamphetamine offense in May of 2021. His co-defendant, Sarah Diane  Adams, is scheduled to be sentenced on January 7, 2022.  On April 2, 2020, a confidential source arranged with St. John to purchase a quarter pound of methamphetamine. The confidential source traveled to St. John’s residence in Glenwood and was instructed by Adams to follow them to a stash location. The quarter pound of methamphetamine was measured from a larger amount and delivered by Adams to the confidential source.

On April 24, 2020, the confidential source met St. John at his residence to purchase methamphetamine and reported seeing a large quantity of methamphetamine. Law enforcement executed a search warrant on St. John’s residence and recovered approximately a half pound of methamphetamine and distribution paraphernalia.

The Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Council Bluffs Police Department, Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, Mills County Sheriff’s Office, and Glenwood Police Department investigated the case, which was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Offices for the Southern District of Iowa