A 39-year-old Reinbeck man was sentenced Monday to 20 years in federal prison after he entered a guilty plea to a charge of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance after having previously been convicted of a serious drug felony.
Information disclosed at Austin David Hansen’s sentencing hearing and other hearings related to this case showed that, beginning in December of 2020, and continuing to May 22nd, 2024, Hansen worked with a California source of supply that Hansen had met in federal prison to ship methamphetamine and marijuana packages in the mail to post office boxes in Reinbeck, Dike, and Waterloo. Hansen then worked with others to distribute the meth and marijuana to individuals in the Northern District of Iowa.
Hansen then sent packages containing thousands of dollars of drug proceeds to the source of supply in California. In total, the California source of supply sent at least 37 packages to the Northern District of Iowa, and Hansen sent the source of supply over 260-thousand dollars of drug proceeds. There is no parole in the federal system.
