On Sept. 19, 2014, an Indictment was unsealed charging William Nathan Chandler, age 38 of Lincoln, with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine between about Jan. 1, 2012, and April 4, 2014. The charge carries a possible penalty of not less than 10 years, nor more than life imprisonment, a fine of up to $10,000,000, and a term of supervised release following any prison term of at least five years, and a $100 special assessment.
Chandler’s first court appearance was on Sept. 19, 2014. The matter was scheduled for trial beginning on Nov. 17, 2014, and Chandler was ordered temporarily detained without bond. Chandler’s next scheduled court appearance is a detention hearing on Sept. 24, 2014.
This case was investigated by the Lincoln/Lancaster County Drug Task Force.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
