Columbus Woman Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine

United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Alicia Martinez, 23, of Columbus, Nebraska, was sentenced on October 5, 2015, to 70 months in prison by Chief United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp. Martinez had previously pled guilty after Columbus police officers executed a search warrant on her Columbus residence on December 18, 2014. Martinez and her boyfriend were found inside along with packaging materials, drug scales, approximately ¼ pound of cocaine and 1 ¼ pound of methamphetamine, 3 handguns, two shotguns, and approximately $32,000.

The investigation revealed that Martinez and her boyfriend had on several occasions traveled to California where they received quantities of methamphetamine ranging from 2-4 pounds. They then returned with the methamphetamine and sold it in the Columbus area.

After serving her sentence Martinez will be required to serve a Term of Supervised Release of 4 years.

This case was the result of an investigation by the Nebraska State Patrol and the Columbus Police Department.