Iowa: Dubuque Man Justin Noel Allen Sentenced to 224 Months for Possessing Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa announced that Justin Noel Allen, 44, of Dubuque, Iowa, was sentenced on October 28, 2026, to 224 months in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, followed by a four-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
Allen received the prison term after an April 23, 2026, jury verdict finding him guilty of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
Evidence at trial showed that Allen was a passenger in a car stopped by law enforcement officers on March 24, 2025. During the stop, Allen was arrested because he had outstanding arrest warrants. Officers searched him and located over 15 grams of methamphetamine and one gram of fentanyl. The jury determined Allen possessed the methamphetamine with the intent to distribute more than five grams of it.
Allen was previously convicted of possession of precursors with intent to manufacture methamphetamine in 2012 and 2016, possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine in 2017, and a controlled substance violation in 2025.
Allen was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams. He is being held in the custody of the United States Marshals Service until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Michael Hudson and Assistant United States Attorney Jack Lammers, and was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Dubuque Drug Task Force, the Dubuque Police Department, the Dubuque County Sheriff's Office, and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Criminalistics Laboratory. The case file number is 25-CR-1029.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：爱荷华州 Dubuque 的县法院大楼（金顶），被告来自该市，本案在 Cedar Rapids 联邦法院宣判。Kepper66 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The Dubuque County Courthouse in Dubuque, Iowa, the defendant's home city; he was sentenced in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Photo by Kepper66, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
