A Chicago man has been found guilty on federal drug charges after prosecutors proved he turned Greyhound bus routes into a personal meth-supply pipeline between Illinois and Iowa — a scheme investigators say he repeated multiple times before finally getting caught with nearly two pounds of ice methamphetamine in a backpack.
Jonathan Quinn Carter, 37, was convicted on eight counts of distributing methamphetamine following a three-day trial in Cedar Rapids. Jurors deliberated for approximately five hours before reaching their verdict.
Prosecutors described the operation as simple but highly effective: Carter boarded a bus in Chicago carrying pound quantities of ice meth, sold to Iowa customers, then returned to Chicago to restock — repeating the cycle…