Source: United States Department of Justice News
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – Hershel James Ratliff, age 71, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced Thursday December 16, 2021, by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 360 months in prison for six counts of Human Trafficking and one count of Distribution of a Controlled Substance to a Minor. His prison term will be followed by ten years of supervised release. A jury found Ratliff guilty of the offenses on July 23, 2021.