Iowan Gets 5-Plus Years for Meth-Making Conspiracy

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By Rachel Begle

Story Created: Aug 31, 2012 at 6:15 AM CDT

Story Updated: Aug 31, 2012 at 6:15 AM CDT

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - A 32-year-old man from Fort Dodge has been given 5½ years in prison for conspiring to make methamphetamine.

Federal prosecutors say Phillip Farmer Jr. was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Sioux City. He had pleaded guilty in May. Farmer must serve five years of supervised release after he leaves prison.

Prosecutors say that from December 2009 through July 2011, Farmer bought or otherwise acquired pseudoephedrine so he and others could make meth. Prosecutors also say Farmer admitted selling meth in the Fort Dodge area.

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