Man Sentenced For Selling Drugs Near University of Dubuque

A man who admitted he sold cocaine near the University of Dubuque will spend more than four years in federal prison. Twenty-eight-year-old Derrick Devale White of Waterloo pleaded guilty to distributing a controlled substance near a protected location on May 8th of 2020. At the time he sold cocaine near the U-D campus, White was on federal supervised release for distributing a controlled substance near a playground and a middle school in 2017. White was sentenced to 36 months in prison on the new offense — and was also sentenced to 18 months to be served consecutively on his supervised release revocation. He must also serve a nine-year term of supervised release after the prison term.