(Cedar Rapids) A man who sold methamphetamine, possessed firearms, and manufactured homemade explosives was sentenced last week to five years in federal prison.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa says 34-year-old Cody Robert Winters, from Charles City, received the prison term after a June 28, 2022 guilty plea to one count of being an unlawful drug user in possession of firearms and one count of distribution of five grams or more of pure methamphetamine.
Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that Winters distributed pure methamphetamine on several occasions from the spring of 2020 through the fall of 2020. During this time, Winters taught another individual how to manufacture explosive devices. In November 2020, a search of Winters’s house resulted in the seizure of firearms and explosive materials. Winters was a drug user and unlawfully possessed the guns.
Winters was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment, and he must also serve a five-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Winters is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
