Cedar Rapids man sentenced to 30 years for drug, money laundering conviction

CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after conviction for selling methamphetamine and laundering the funds associated with the drug trafficking.

Albert McReynolds, 35, was found guilty by a federal jury in November of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, conspiracy to commit money laundering and engaging in a monetary transaction involving property derived from unlawful activity.

According to trial evidence, McReynolds was trafficking meth between September 2020 and November 2021, along with eight others who were indicted in 2022. He had a California supplier who sent packages of meth through the mail to several addresses in Cedar Rapids.

Investigators identified 46 packages mailed from California, which contained more than 700 pounds of meth, according to testimony.

McReynolds also conspired with the others to commit money laundering by vacuum-sealing the money he made from selling meth and sending packages containing cash through the mail to multiple different addresses associated with his drug source in California.

U.S. District Judge C.J. Williams on Thursday sentenced McReynolds to 30 years in prison and 10 years of supervised released after his prison term.

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