SIOUX CITY—A METH DEALER WITH A GUN WAS SENTENCED THIS WEEK TO OVER 21 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON.
28 YEAR OLD JESUS PALOMAREZ OF STORM LAKE RECEIVED THE PRISON TERM AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO POSSESSING METH WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE AND POSSESSING A FIREARM IN FURTHERANCE OF A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME.
HE WAS ARRESTED AT A MOTEL WHERE OVER TWO OUNCES OF CRYSTAL METH WERE LOCATED, AND A 32 CALIBER PISTOL WAS FOUND IN HIS PANTS POCKET.
HE WAS INVOLVED IN THIS CRIME LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AFTER BEING RELASED FROM STATE PRISON.
HE MUST ALSO SERVE FOUR YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE.
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