On September 19, 2024, Ann Sulsberger, 49, from Red Oak, Iowa, was sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.

At the plea hearing on April 18, 2024, Sulsberger admitted that between April 2023 and May 2023, she and others conspired to distribute over a pound of methamphetamine in the Woodbury and Monona County areas.

Sentencing was held before United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand. Sulsberger was sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment and must serve a term of four years supervised release following the imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. Sulsberger remains in custody of the United States Marshal until she can be transported to a federal prison.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Patrick T. Greenwood and was investigated by Bureau of Indian Affairs, DEA Laboratory, Tri-State Drug Task Force based in Sioux City, Iowa, that consists of law enforcement personnel from the Drug Enforcement Administration; Sioux City, Iowa, Police Department; Homeland Security Investigations; Woodbury County Sheriff's Office; South Sioux City, Nebraska, Police Department; Nebraska State Patrol; Iowa National Guard; Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement; United States Marshals Service; South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation; and Woodbury County Attorney's Office.

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.

The case file number is 24-4002.

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