(Sioux City)– A Terril man has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. 47-year-old Timothy Steinbeck was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Sioux City. Steinbeck pleaded guilty to the charge in April of this year.
During his sentencing hearing, Steinbeck admitted that from August 2021 through June 2022 he and others were involved in a conspiracy to distribute nearly six pounds of methamphetamine in northwest Iowa. Evidence also showed Steinbeck distributed meth to an individual cooperating with law enforcement on three separate occasions. On June 15th, 2022, law enforcement searched Steinbeck’s residence in Royal and seized additional methamphetamine. That same day firearms were recovered from a relative’s home. Federal prosecutors say Steinbeck was trying to hide them from law enforcement.
Steinbeck is being held in the custody of a U.S. Marshal pending transport to a federal prison.
The case was investigated by the Iowa Department of Narcotics Enforcement, Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Spencer Police Department, O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office, Estherville Police Department, Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Iowa DCI Laboratory, Clay County Attorney’s Office, Iowa State Patrol and Iowa State Patrol Tactical Teams.
