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U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa: California Man Who Forged Medical Documents on Pretrial Release and Later Sold Methamphetamine in Jail Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy
February 02, 2024
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Feb. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024:

A California man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine by mail, was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison.

James Dean Sterner, age 67, from Tustin, California, received the prison term after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine on June 28, 2023. Evidence in the case revealed . . .

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