COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa reports a Pottawattamie County woman, 53-year old Laura Lynn Schubert, was sentenced to prison today (Tuesday), on drugs charges. Schubert was sentenced in Council Bluffs U-S District Court, to a little more than 7 1/2-years in prison (92 months) for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.

Schubert was also ordered to serve a five-year term of supervised release. In October 2018, an Iowa State Trooper made a traffic stop of the vehicle Schubert was driving. Schubert was in possession of 90 grams of methamphetamine. A search warrant was obtained for her residence where officers located an additional 340 grams of methamphetamine. Schubert pled guilty to this charge in June 2019.

Schubert has a prior federal felony conviction for distribution of a controlled substance in 2004. The case was investigated by the Iowa State Patrol, Iowa Department of Narcotics Enforcement and the Council Bluffs Police Department. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.