Case DIH-0736
Eric Johnathan Hojka
A man died of methamphetamine intoxication in Hojka's Iowa City apartment in May 2021 after taking methamphetamine he received from Hojka, who had been obtaining and distributing it for months; the drug had been mailed from California by Ray Bustamante.
- Court
- Federal, Southern District of Iowa
- State
- Iowa
- Year of death
- 2021
- Year sentenced
- 2022
- Drugs
- Methamphetamine
- Conduct
- Unknown
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine; distribution of methamphetamine resulting in death
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 240 months imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Iowa’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Iowa in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govIowa city man sentenced 20 years federal prison conspiracy and distribution meth
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