(Council Bluffs) Two Council Bluffs men were recently sentenced on drug and firearm charges.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa says 47-year-old Virgil Rude McIntosh III pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. He was sentenced to 240th months in prison for the drug charge, and 180 months in prison for the firearm charge. The sentences are to be served concurrently. After completing his term of imprisonment, McIntosh will be required to serve ten years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. Between December and July 2023, McIntosh was involved in a drug conspiracy credited for the distribution of over 30 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Council Bluffs metro area. Officers conducted a search warrant of McIntosh’s residence and seized methamphetamine and a loaded Sig Saur 9 mm handgun.
Jake Michael Flynn, age 39, plead guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. He was sentenced to 200 months in prison on the drug charge and a concurrent 180 months for the firearms crime. Flynn will be required to serve five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. From October 2022 through April 2023, Flynn was a member of a conspiracy which distributed more than 50 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Council Bluffs area. A stolen vehicle was also recovered that was involved in prior burglaries in the Council Bluffs area. Additionally, a Sig Sauer Model P365 9×19 millimeter handgun was found in the vehicle with Flynn’s DNA. Flynn was previously convicted of a felony and therefore prohibited from legally possessing a firearm.
