DAVENPORT, IOWA – Michael Antonio Davison, age 36, of Burlington, was sentenced
by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 320 months in prison for trafficking
ice methamphetamine into Burlington. Davison was involved in importing/distributing
approximately 160 kilograms of ice methamphetamine in the Burlington area. Davison was also
a leader/organizer of a drug trafficking group and possessed a firearm related to his drug
trafficking activities. Davison has five prior convictions for felony drug offenses, and was under
criminal justice supervision for two different drug felony offenses at the time of this criminal
activity. Davison was ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow his prison term.
Davison was also ordered to pay $200 to the Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund.
Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made
the announcement. This case was investigated by the Southeast Iowa Narcotics Taskforce, Iowa
Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office, and the Burlington
Police Department. This case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the
Southern District of Iowa.