COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – A woman from Nebraska was sentenced Tuesday in Council Bluffs U-S District Court, on a drug charge. 34-year-old Tabitha Standley, of Nebraska City, Nebraska, was sentenced to serve 10-years (120 months) in prison, following her plea to a charge of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

On October 18, 2021, Standley was arrested at the Horseshoe Casino on an unrelated felony warrant. Officers performed a probable cause search of the Standley’s vehicle and located over 300 grams of methamphetamine which Standley had intended to distribute.

United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Council Bluffs Police Department, Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, and Division of Narcotics Enforcement investigated the case.