A woman who sold methamphetamine in the Mason City area was sentenced today to more than 5 years in federal prison.
Tara Graham, age 42, from Mason City, Iowa, received the prison term after a Jan. 12, 2023, guilty plea to three counts of distribution of a controlled substance.
At the plea hearing, Graham admitted that in November of 2022, she sold methamphetamine in up to ounce quantities to a confidential source on three separate occasions in Mason City.
Graham was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand. Graham was sentenced to 64 months’ imprisonment. She must also serve a 4-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Graham is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until she can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jack Lammers and investigated by the Cerro Gordo Sheriff’s Office, Clear Lake Police Department, Mason City Police Department, Iowa Department of Narcotics Enforcement, and the North Central Iowa Drug Task Force.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 21-CR-3043.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys