Muscatine Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Charges

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Davenport, IA-  A Muscatine woman was sentenced Wednesday, April 26th, to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams of methamphetamine and possession of five grams or more of methamphetamine.

According to court documents, law enforcement received information that 38-year-old Cristina Kaye Briones and her co-conspirators were obtaining large quantities of pure methamphetamine through the mail directly from California suppliers.

Following her prison term, Briones was ordered to serve a five-year term of supervised release.

There is no parole in the federal system.