DAVENPORT, Iowa — On Tuesday, February 23, 2021, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Bryant Richard Smith, age 32, of Coralville, to 225 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Heroin as well as 120 months in prison for Felon in Possession of a Firearm, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal. Those sentences were ordered to be served concurrently. Following his prison term, Smith was ordered to serve ten years of supervised release well as pay $200 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
Smith was previously convicted of federal drug-related charges in 2013. He was serving a term of supervised release for the prior offense when he resumed methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin trafficking. Chief Judge Jarvey ordered the term of release revoked and imposed a consecutive 36-month prison sentence for the violation. The total sentence is 261 months in prison.
This investigation began in approximately 2018 after Smith was released from custody for his prior federal conviction. Upon release, Smith manufactured and distributed “ice” methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin. By 2019, a co-conspirator began to provide Smith money for investment into the illicit drug business. Smith’s co-conspirators took over part of the drug activities when Smith was arrested with drugs in July of 2019, and his term of supervised release from the 2013 case was revoked. Upon release from custody in October, Smith continued selling drugs. Then, in January of 2020, Smith purchased a Kel Tec Sub 2000, 9-millimeter caliber firearm in Iowa City. As a convicted felon, Smith is prohibited from owning or possessing firearms.
This matter was investigated by the Johnson County Drug Task Force and the case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.
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