(Council Bluffs) — A Pottawattamie County man faces 16 years in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl.
U.S. Attorney David C. Waterman for the Southern District of Iowa says 33-year-old Daniel Thomas Coldewey of Council Bluffs was sentenced Tuesday. Public documents and evidence presented at sentencing indicate Coldewey distributed counterfeit pills containing fentanyl in the Council Bluffs area for nearly five years. In April, 2025, Coldewey sold 12 pills containing fentanyl to victim number one. The victim used one of the pills in the business parking lot where the victim met Coldewey and collapsed. A concerned citizen administered CPR and called emergency services, who were able to revive the victim.
Coldewey is required to serve a five-year term of supervised release after completing his prison term. There is no parole in the federal system…