Fort Dodge Man Sentenced to More Than 13 Years in Federal Prison for Firearm and Meth Convictions

Nicholas Janvrin, 32, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, was sentenced on October 23, 2024, to more than 13 years in federal prison.

Janvrin pled guilty March 27, 2024, in federal court in Sioux City to illegally possessing a firearm and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Janvrin was previously convicted of burglary, third degree, a felony, in the Iowa District Court for Hamilton County, which prohibits Janvrin from possessing any firearm.

Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that on August 1, 2023, law enforcement was called to a local hotel in Webster City regarding a disturbance where they observed Janvrin, who was arrested for outstanding arrest warrants. During a search of the hotel room, law enforcement seized a firearm (Smith & Wesson .22 revolver) and drug user/distribution paraphernalia from a bag in the room. The Iowa DCI Criminalistics Laboratory matched DNA from a known sample of Janvrin to the handle of the firearm and a toothbrush. Evidence further established Janvrin's involvement in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from January 2023 through August 2023. Janvrin obtained more than 40 pounds of methamphetamine from a source in Des Moines to re-distribute to others in the Fort Dodge area.

Sentencing was held before United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand. Janvrin was sentenced to 160 months' imprisonment and must serve a five-year term of supervised release following the imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. Janvrin remains in custody of the United States Marshal until he can be transported to a federal prison.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde and was investigated by the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, the Webster City Police Department, the Fort Dodge Police Department, the Webster County Sheriff's Office, the Iowa DCI Laboratory, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

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

The case file number is 23-3026. Follow us on X @USAO_NDIA.