Woman Sentenced To Prison For Delivering Meth To Dubuque

A woman was sentenced to nearly seven years in federal prison Thursday for driving more than 11 pounds of meth from Texas to Dubuque. 34 year old Veronica Hinkle of Dallas, Texas was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to six years, nine months in prison after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. She must serve five years of supervised release after her prison term. The U.S. Attorney’s Office reports that Hinkle was recruited by her boyfriend, Jose Roberto Vazquez, to drive 1 kilogram of meth from Dallas to Jeremy Kieffer in Dubuque.