(Sioux City, Iowa) – The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa report a Carroll man, 45-year-old Darwin Robinson, Jr., was convicted of illegally possessing a firearm and possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Robinson pled guilty July 20, 2023, in federal court in Sioux City.

Robinson was previously convicted of cocaine-possession and three domestic abuse assaults which prohibited him from possessing firearms.

At the plea hearing, Robinson admitted that he had these convictions and that he was a regular user of methamphetamine and possessed a .40 caliber handgun. On March 22, 2021, law enforcement stopped the vehicle Robinson was driving and officers seized two small bags of methamphetamine from Robinson and a loaded .40 caliber handgun from the vehicle. Robinson admitted that he planned on selling some or all the methamphetamine that was found.

Sentencing before United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand will be set after a presentence report is prepared. Robinson remains in the custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. On the firearm conviction, Robinson faces a possible maximum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and not more than three years of supervised release following any imprisonment. Robinson faces a possible maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, and three years up to life of supervised release on the possession with intent to distribute conviction.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde and was investigated by the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Carroll, Iowa Police Department, Iowa DCI Criminalistics Laboratory, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.