Two men were found guilty following a four day jury trial for their involvement in a heroin distribution conspiracy and the Washington County Drug Force assisted with the investigation. According to the Acting United States Attorney Kevin VanderSchel, 25-year-old Alfred Latrell Jackson and 49-year-old Curtis Lee Kemp, both of Iowa City, were found guilty for distributing heroin in the Iowa City area between December 2013 and May 2015. Jackson was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute at least 100 grams of heroin. Kemp was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin and three counts of distribution of heroin. The two will be sentenced in August.

In addition to the Washington County Drug Force, the Johnson County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force, Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, Coralville Police Department, Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Drug Enforcement Agency, Iowa City Police Department, North Liberty Police Department, University of Iowa Police Department, and Muscatine County Drug Task Force assisted with the investigation. The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.