Sioux City女子贩运逾3磅冰毒判刑14年：在两座公园附近向线人售毒
美国司法部爱荷华北区联邦检察官办公室宣布，爱荷华州 Woodbury County 的 Sioux City 女子 April Nikkel（37岁）于2026年10月29日在 Sioux City 的联邦法院被判处168个月（14年）联邦监禁。Nikkel 已于2026年5月18日就一项共谋分销冰毒罪与一项在受保护地点1,000英尺范围内分销冰毒罪认罪。
认罪与量刑听证出示的证据显示，2025年1月至11月，Nikkel 参与一项共谋，在 Sioux City 一带分销逾3磅冰毒；其间她至少三次亲自出售或协助他人出售冰毒，向与执法部门合作的人员交付共逾190克纯冰毒。这些交易发生在 Fairmount City Park 与 Cecillia City Park 1,000英尺范围之内——公园属法律规定的受保护地点，在此类地点附近贩毒量刑更重。
联邦地区法官 Leonard T. Strand 判处 Nikkel 168个月监禁，其后监督释放8年。联邦刑期没有假释。Nikkel 现由美国法警局羁押，等待转送联邦监狱。
本案由助理联邦检察官 Shawn S. Wehde 起诉，总部设在 Sioux City 的 Tri-State 毒品专案组调查，成员包括缉毒局（DEA）、Sioux City 警局、国土安全调查局（HSI）、Woodbury County 警长办公室、内布拉斯加州 South Sioux City 警局与州巡警、爱荷华州国民警卫队与缉毒执法局、美国法警局、南达科他州刑事调查局与 Woodbury County 检察官办公室，案件档案编号为 25-4063。（来源：美国司法部）
Sioux City Woman Sentenced to 14 Years for Meth Conspiracy Involving Sales Near Two City Parks
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa announced that April Nikkel, 37, of Sioux City, in Woodbury County, Iowa, was sentenced on October 29, 2026, in federal court in Sioux City to 168 months (14 years) in federal prison. Nikkel pleaded guilty on May 18, 2026, to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of distributing methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a protected location.
Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that from January 2025 through November 2025, Nikkel was involved in a conspiracy that distributed more than three pounds of methamphetamine. On at least three occasions she distributed, and helped another distribute, a total of over 190 grams of pure methamphetamine to individuals cooperating with law enforcement. Those distributions occurred within 1,000 feet of Fairmount City Park and Cecillia City Park in Sioux City, both protected locations under federal law.
United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand sentenced Nikkel to 168 months' imprisonment and eight years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. Nikkel remains in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service until she can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde and investigated by the Tri-State Drug Task Force based in Sioux City, whose members include the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Sioux City Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, the Woodbury County Sheriff's Office, the South Sioux City, Nebraska, Police Department, the Nebraska State Patrol, the Iowa National Guard, the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, the U.S. Marshals Service, the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Woodbury County Attorney's Office. The case file number is 25-4063. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于爱荷华州 Woodbury County 县治 Sioux City 的 Woodbury County 法院大楼（资料图）。照片：Ammodramus 摄，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Woodbury County Courthouse in Sioux City, Iowa (file photo). By Ammodramus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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