Date: 08-17-2023

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United States of America v. Collin Jacob Clarken and Colby Ray Clarken

Case Number: 1:22-cr-00029

Judge: Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger

Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa (Pottawattamie County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Council Bluffs

Defendant's Attorney: Jim McGough for Collin Jacob Clarken

Ben Bergman for Colby Ray Clarken

Description: Council Bluffs, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to distribute fentanyl causing serious bodily injury or death.

Collin Clarken, age 21, and Colby Clarken, age 25, pleaded guilty to obtaining fentanyl pills from sources in Omaha, Nebraska, and selling those pills in and around Cass County, Iowa. The investigation determined that between August 2019 and June 2022, the group obtained and distributed over 10,000 pills containing fentanyl. Fentanyl distributed by the group caused two fentanyl overdose deaths.

United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa stated the convictions disrupted a major source of supply of fentanyl in Western Iowa and was accomplished through the cooperation of numerous law enforcement agencies.

Agencies involved in this investigation include the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Atlantic Police Department, Cass County Sheriff’s Office, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, Southwest Iowa Narcotics Enforcement (SWINE) Task Force, Council Bluffs Police Department, Iowa Division of Intelligence, Iowa State Patrol, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Crime Lab, United States Postal Inspection Service, and the Omaha Police Department.

CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE: 21:841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846. Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance (Fentanyl)
(1s)

Outcome: Collin Jacob Clarken was sentenced to the custody of the BOP for a term of 252 months on Count 1s. Upon release, Defendant shall serve a supervised release term of 10 years. Court ordered $25,749.46 in restitution, joint and several. $100 Special Assessment to the Crime Victims' Fund Assessment.

Colby Ray Clarken was sentenced to the custody of the BOP for a term of 240 months on Count 1s. Upon release, Defendant shall serve a supervised release term of 7 years. Court ordered $25,749.46 in restitution, joint and several. $100 Special Assessment to the Crime Victims' Fund Assessment.

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