Man caught selling drugs to Storm Lake informant gets 25-year sentence

A Denison man found guilty of selling about a pound of methamphetamine in Storm Lake has been sentenced to prison.

In July of last year, Martin Mancilla-Gomez was arrested after selling 113 grams of methamphetamine to an informant who was cooperating with Storm Lake Police. A sniffer dog found another 443 grams of methamphetamine wrapped in plastic and hidden inside a vacuum cleaner in Mancilla-Gomez’s vehicle.

This summer, a jury found him guilty of one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver. Mancilla-Gomez, who is 58, must serve at least four years of a 25-year sentence before he is eligible for parole.

(Reporting by Ryan Thompson, KAYL, Storm Lake)