Demetrius Stone

Introduction

Demetrius Stone, 54, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to 259 months in federal prison — more than 21 years — to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. The sentence followed a May 8, 2026, guilty plea and capped a January 2026 case in which Cedar Rapids officers tried to stop Stone’s car, were led on a chase through residential streets at more than twice the speed limit, and then recovered more than 16 pounds of methamphetamine between the crashed vehicle and his apartment, along with cocaine, a loaded gun, and roughly $59,000 in cash. Chief U.S. District Judge C.J. Williams imposed the term.

Background Information

Stone came to Cedar Rapids from Chicago, and the case against him began on January 7, 2026, when officers attempted a traffic stop on the car he was driving. Stone sped away, and the chase that ensued carried him through a residential Cedar Rapids neighborhood at over twice the posted 25-mile-per-hour speed limit — running a stop sign and nearly striking a city bus before his car hit a curb and came to a stop. As the car halted, Stone got out and attempted to flee on foot; officers apprehended him a short distance away. The DEA Task Force behind the investigation combined the Drug Enforcement Administration with the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, the Cedar Rapids Police Department, the Marion Police Department, and the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Convicted and sentenced. Stone pleaded guilty on May 8, 2026, to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and was sentenced to 259 months. The facts below are from the Justice Department’s sentencing announcement.

The recovery began at the crash scene: officers found over 11 pounds of ice methamphetamine inside and near the car Stone had been driving. Later that same evening, officers searched Stone’s apartment in Cedar Rapids and found approximately five and a half pounds of ice methamphetamine, approximately eight ounces of cocaine, a loaded gun, and approximately $59,000 in cash — bringing the methamphetamine total to more than 16 pounds across the two scenes, alongside the weapon and the cash that the government presented as distribution proceeds. Stone pleaded guilty on May 8, 2026, admitting the possession-with-intent count, and Judge Williams sentenced him to 259 months’ imprisonment plus five years of supervised release, noting there is no parole in the federal system.

Stone is being held in U.S. Marshals’ custody until he can be transported to a federal prison. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Adam J. Vander Stoep, and the court file number is 26-CR-5 in the Northern District of Iowa.

Public Reaction and Consequences

The stated consequence is the more-than-21-year federal sentence, announced with the chase, the residential-neighborhood danger — twice the speed limit, a stop sign, a near-miss with a city bus — and the 16-pound methamphetamine total as the case’s defining facts. The announcement records no quotation from prosecutors or task-force agencies and no statement from Stone or his counsel. The loaded gun and roughly $59,000 in cash recovered in the apartment search sit in the public record as the possessions-with-intent evidence the plea admitted to, and the marshal’s custody hold pending prison transport is noted. The case number 26-CR-5 sits in the public court file.

Current Status

Stone is serving a 259-month federal sentence for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, to be followed by five years of supervised release. He remains in U.S. Marshals’ custody pending transport to a federal facility, and the Justice Department announcement notes no appeal. At 54, the custody term runs past his mid-seventies — the sentence reaches effectively to the end of his expected working life — with supervised release extending beyond it. His May 2026 guilty plea stands as the conviction of record for the January 2026 chase and seizures.

Impact on Their Career/Life

A 259-month term means Stone, at 54, will serve nearly all of his remaining years of freedom inside federal custody: release arrives in his mid-seventies, when a supervised-release term of five more years still attaches. The conviction carries a lifetime firearm prohibition and disqualifies most licensed employment permanently, and the public record now ties his Chicago-to-Cedar Rapids trafficking operation — the chase, the 16 pounds of methamphetamine, the cocaine, the loaded gun, and the $59,000 — to his name in a single sentencing announcement. The announcement records no employment, family, or community details beyond the case facts themselves.

Sources

• Justice Department sentencing announcement, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Iowa: source