United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Elmer Alexander Andrade today to imprisonment for 175 months, to be followed by a 5-year term of supervised release. Andrade was convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. § 846.
On Jan. 18, 2018, in Hall County, Nebraska, a Nebraska State Trooper stopped a black Ford Expedition, driven by Andrade, for a traffic violation. Investigators searched the Expedition and recovered approximately 55 pounds of methamphetamine. Investigators subsequently executed a search warrant at an apartment in Hastings, Nebraska. Among the items seized from the apartment were narcotics packaging material, a scale, police scanners, ledgers, $17,820 in United States Currency, and an AR-15 firearm.
The case was investigated by the Central Nebraska Drug and Safe Streets Task Force.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
