A man who was previously convicted for a bank robbery was sentenced today to more than five years in federal prison.
Tony Spies, age 56, from Wyoming, Iowa, received the prison term after an April 29, 2026, guilty plea to two counts of distribution of a controlled substance.
Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearing showed that in November 2025, Spies sold methamphetamine to an individual cooperating with law enforcement on two separate occasions. On November 24, 2025, law enforcement officers stopped Spies car. Officers found methamphetamine and marijuana in the car.
Spies was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand. Spies was sentenced to 66 months’ imprisonment. He must also serve a four-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Spies is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Michael S.A. Hudson and investigated by the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations Laboratory, the Iowa State Patrol, and the Muscatine County Drug Task Force, consisting of the Muscatine Police Department, Muscatine Conty Sheriff’s Office, and Cedar County Sheriff’s Office.
Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl .
The case file number is 26-CR-00024.
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Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office — Northern District of Iowa — U.S. Department of Justice press release.