By Sue Danielson
Dec 31, 2020
(Davenport, IA) An eastern Iowa man s been sentenced to 10-years in prison for selling heroin. Police say Eric Rhine of North Liberty and Robert Rankins Junior were accused of getting the drug in Chicago and selling it in Johnson County. Rankins was sentenced earlier this month to seven years in prison.
United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey also ordered Rhine to serve five years of supervised release as well as pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
This investigation began in 2018 involving narcotics trafficking between Johnson County and Chicago, Illinois. Rhine admitted the conspiracy was sold more than 1,000 grams of heroin and he was supplying heroin to numerous individuals in the Iowa City/Coralville/North Liberty area.
By Sue Danielson
Dec 31, 2020
(Davenport, IA) An eastern Iowa man s been sentenced to 10-years in prison for selling heroin. Police say Eric Rhine of North Liberty and Robert Rankins Junior were accused of getting the drug in Chicago and selling it in Johnson County. Rankins was sentenced earlier this month to seven years in prison.
United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey also ordered Rhine to serve five years of supervised release as well as pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
This investigation began in 2018 involving narcotics trafficking between Johnson County and Chicago, Illinois. Rhine admitted the conspiracy was sold more than 1,000 grams of heroin and he was supplying heroin to numerous individuals in the Iowa City/Coralville/North Liberty area.
By Sue Danielson
Dec 23, 2020
(Davenport, IA) An Iowa City man s been sentenced to seven years in prison, for selling heroin. Investigators say 50-year-old Robert Rankins Junior and a second man, Eric Rhine, got the heroin in Chicago and supplied more than 1,000 grams of it to people in Iowa City, Coralville, and North Liberty.
On Tuesday, December 22, 2020, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Robert Rankins Jr., age 50, of Iowa City, to 84 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 1,000 grams and more of a mixture and substance containing heroin.
The judge also ordered Rankins Jr. to serve five years of supervised release as well as pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By Sue Danielson
Dec 23, 2020
(Davenport, IA) An Iowa City man s been sentenced to seven years in prison, for selling heroin. Investigators say 50-year-old Robert Rankins Junior and a second man, Eric Rhine, got the heroin in Chicago and supplied more than 1,000 grams of it to people in Iowa City, Coralville, and North Liberty.
On Tuesday, December 22, 2020, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Robert Rankins Jr., age 50, of Iowa City, to 84 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 1,000 grams and more of a mixture and substance containing heroin.
The judge also ordered Rankins Jr. to serve five years of supervised release as well as pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.