DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Des Moines man was sentenced on November 8, 2024 to 12 years in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl. According to public court documents, Luca Joseph Roberts, 25, provided pills containing fentanyl to a victim on October 20, 2022. The victim used the pills, overdosed, and died. Law enforcement identified Roberts as the source of supply for those pills and  more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Des Moines woman was sentenced on November 15, 2024 to 12 years in federal prison for distribution of a pill containing fentanyl that resulted in a victim's death. According to public court documents, Nevaeh Simone Botts, 21, sold pills containing fentanyl to a 16-year-old victim who subsequently overdosed and died. Botts also sold fentanyl pills to an undercover  more PR