Cedar Rapids男子分销至少50磅冰毒被陪审团定罪：曾逃往菲律宾、面临最高无期徒刑
美国司法部爱荷华北区联邦检察官办公室公布，位于爱荷华州的 Cedar Rapids 市一名男子在联邦法院经过四天审判后被陪审团定罪。现年52岁的 Henry Watkins 被裁定一项共谋分销冰毒与海洛因罪，以及一项分销冰毒罪成立，陪审团于2026年11月5日经过约90分钟评议后作出裁决。
庭审证据显示，2020年1月至2022年3月间，Watkins 与他人合谋，向爱荷华州东部与中部多地分销至少50磅冰毒与100克海洛因。2020年4月，执法人员在亚利桑那州一座机场查获 Watkins 携带的逾2万美元现金，此前一只缉毒犬对这笔钱上的受控物质气味作出反应。2021年12月21日，Watkins 在 Cedar Rapids 向他人分销约1磅冰毒。
2023年11月下旬，Watkins 得知自己正被调查后前往菲律宾，一直滞留到2025年3月在当地被捕、其后被遣返回美国。量刑将由联邦地区法官 Leonard T. Strand 在量刑前报告完成后排定，Watkins 目前由美国法警局羁押。
Watkins 面临最低10年监禁、最高无期徒刑，以及最高1,000万美元罚金，获释后监管释放至少5年、最长终身。此案由国土安全任务组（HSTF）堪萨斯城分队调查，联邦助理检察官 Dillan Edwards 与 Jennifer Schrauth 起诉。
（来源：美国司法部）
Cedar Rapids Man Convicted by Jury After Four-Day Trial of Distributing at Least 50 Pounds of Methamphetamine
A Cedar Rapids man who distributed a significant amount of methamphetamine and heroin was convicted on November 5, 2026, after a four-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa announced. Henry Watkins, age 52, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin and one count of distribution of methamphetamine. The verdict was returned following about ninety minutes of jury deliberations.
The evidence at trial showed that, between January 2020 and March 2022, Watkins worked with others to distribute at least 50 pounds of methamphetamine and 100 grams of heroin to individuals in Eastern and Central Iowa. In April 2020, law enforcement officers seized over $20,000 from Watkins at an airport in Arizona after a canine alerted to the odor of a controlled substance on the money. On December 21, 2021, Watkins distributed approximately one pound of methamphetamine to someone in Cedar Rapids.
In late November 2023, Watkins traveled to the Philippines after he learned that he was under investigation. He remained in the Philippines until March 2025, when he was arrested and later deported back to the United States. Sentencing before U.S. District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand will be set after a presentence report is prepared, and Watkins remains in the custody of the U.S. Marshal. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years' imprisonment and a possible maximum of life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, and a term of supervised release of at least five years and up to a lifetime. The case was investigated by HSTF Kansas City and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Dillan Edwards and Jennifer Schrauth.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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