United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Timothy Hickman-Smith, 26, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on August 7, 2015, to 10 years in prison by Senior United States District Judge Joseph Bataillon. Hickman-Smith had previously pled guilty after Omaha police officers had stopped him on Sept. 11, 2014, for traffic infractions he committed while driving in North Omaha. Hickman-Smith ran from the scene of the stop but was apprehended after a short chase. A subsequent search of the car he was driving revealed approximately 2 pounds of crack cocaine in 18 individually wrapped packages ready for sale.
Hickman-Smith was sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence because he possessed more than 280 grams of crack cocaine. After serving his sentence Hickman-Smith will be required to serve a Term of Supervised Release of 5 years.
This case was the result of an investigation by the Omaha Police Department.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
