(Council Bluffs) A Council Bluffs woman was sentenced to prison for a methamphetamine offense.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa says Lindsay Hurst, age 35, was sentenced to 126 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine. Hurst was ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow her prison term and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund. There is no parole in the federal system.
In January and February 2020, Hurst sold methamphetamine to a confidential informant on three occasions – selling approximately 130.83 grams total of actual methamphetamine. Hurst pleaded guilty on November 20, 2020, to the methamphetamine charge.
This investigation was conducted by the Council Bluffs Police Department and Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.