A judge in Pottawattamie County, Thursday, sentenced a Council Bluffs man to serve 10-years in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. 48-year old Ronald Wayne Shenk was also ordered by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to serve a consecutive term of 5-years in prison for possession a firearm in relation to drug trafficking.  Shenk’s term of imprisonment is to be followed by five years of supervised release.

The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa says during the course of the investigation, law enforcement served a search warrant on Shenk’s residence in Council Bluffs on April 17th, 2014. The search produced over one kilogram of methamphetamine, over ten thousand dollars in cash, and ten firearms. Law enforcement also located drug trafficking paraphernalia, including digital scales, multiple cellular telephones, drug notes and surveillance equipment.

Shenk entered a guilty plea to the charges on October 2nd, 2014. The investigation was conducted by the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force, Mills County Sheriff’s Office, the Council Bluffs Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.