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Garland Man Sentenced in Methamphetamine Conspiracy
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nebraska
United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Steven Butler, age 54, of Garland, Nebraska, was sentenced December 17, 2024, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Senior United States District Judge Joseph Bataillon sentenced Butler to 108 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Butler’s release from prison, he will begin a 3-year term of supervised release.
On May 6, 2022, Steven Butler sold meth to a confidential informant working with law enforcement. The meth weighed approximately 57.4 grams.
On May 12, 2022, investigators were surveilling Butler’s residence and observed him to leave in a vehicle. Knowing he had a suspended license, a Deputy from Seward County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle Butler was driving. Butler admitted to using meth and agreed to let investigators go to his residence to collect the meth he had there. Butler unlocked the cabinet and investigators located a cigar box with three separate baggies of meth. The bags each weighed 6.9 grams, 4.8 grams and 3.8 grams. Butler admitted that he had been distributing meth to other individuals.
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Updated December 30, 2024
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