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Algona Meth Plea



Sioux City, IA (KICD)--An Algona man pleads guilty to a meth charge in Sioux City federal court.

At the plea hearing 39-year-old Blaine Richardson admitted to manufacturing at least 1.5 kilograms of meth between 2003 and June of 2009 in rural Kossuth County. Richardson helped Bruce Krug and Jeff Nelson in cooking the meth at Krug's farm, providing ingredient, peeling batteries, and blowing off the liquid. Richardson is awaiting sentencing on a charge of conspiracy to manufacture meth. He faces a minimum of 10 years in prison.

Nelson was sentenced to three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to manufacture more than 500 grams of meth earlier this year. Krug is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to conspiracy to manufacture meth


Story Copyright KICD/KLLT 2009

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