DAVENPORT, IA - A Clinton man was sentenced on Feb. 28, 2023, to 178 months in prison following his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine.
According to court documents, Jovan Fedrick, 38, was identified as part of a large-scale methamphetamine drug trafficking organization operating in California, Iowa, and Illinois. Fedrick and a co-defendant traveled to California to have large quantities of ice methamphetamine transported to Chicago. As part of the investigation, agents seized more than 15 pounds of “ice" methamphetamine and conducted a half-pound purchase of methamphetamine from Fedrick at his residence in Clinton. Following his prison term, Fedrick was ordered to serve a five-year term of supervised release.
In December 2021, co-defendant Brent White, 52, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to 135 months in prison. In January 2022, co-defendant Michaelene Damian Rojas, 50, of Hemet, California, was sentenced to 135 months in prison. Rojas served as a source of supply for the methamphetamine.
United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. This case was investigated by the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys