Minn. Man Gets Prison For Federal Crimes In Iowa
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A Minnesota man convicted of kidnapping and drug dealing in northwest Iowa has been given 50 years in federal prison.
A news release from the office of U.S. Attorney Stephanie Rose, Northern District of Iowa, says 29-year-old German Robles-Garcia, of Minneapolis, was convicted in August and sentenced last month. Robles-Garcia must serve five years of supervised release after he leaves prison.
Trial evidence says Robles-Garcia conspired to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine from April 2009 through about February 2010 in the Sioux City, Iowa, area.
He also traveled to Iowa to collect about $100,000 in sales proceeds owed him by a fellow drug dealer. Prosecutors say Robles-Garcia and two accomplices kidnapped another man, held a gun to his head and demanded to know where the other drug dealer was.
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