United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on June 5, 2019, Chief United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Phillip Smith, 41, of Grand Island, to 10 years and 5 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine. Following the prison term, Smith will serve five years on supervised release.
On Oct. 18, 2017, Smith sold approximately 1 ounce of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in Grand Island, Nebraska.
This case was investigated by Central Nebraska Drug and Safe Streets Task Force, which is composed of members from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, the Nebraska State Patrol, the Grand Island Police Department, the Hall County Sheriff’s Department, the Adams County Sheriff’s Department, the Hastings Police Department, and the Kearney Police Department.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
