Lincoln Man Sentenced 18+ Years for Methamphetamine

Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Tommy L. Meyer, 43, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on December 7, 2022, in federal court in Lincoln.  United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Meyer to 224 months in prison for one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine with a prior serious drug felony.  Meyer faced a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence because of a prior conviction for delivery/possession with intent to deliver an exceptionally hazardous drug in Lancaster County District Court.  The court also entered a final order of forfeiture for $18,451 currency.  After serving his sentence, Meyer will be placed on supervised release for 10 years.  There is no parole in the federal system.

On May 19, 2021, the Lincoln Metro Fugitive Task Force was attempting to locate Meyer for a warrant.  An officer saw Meyer’s vehicle pull into an alley side parking of a building and Meyer began running from the area.  Shortly thereafter he was arrested, and officers found $900 in currency on his person.  Officers then conducted an inventory search of his vehicle.  Officers found $512 in currency, a digital scale, and a baggie containing about 12.5 grams of suspected methamphetamine in the vehicle’s console.  In the driver’s side back seat, officers found a backpack with $17,039 in currency, a brick of suspected methamphetamine weighing 17.9 ounces, a bag with 9.4 ounces of suspected methamphetamine, a Ziplock bag with 1.5 ounces of suspected methamphetamine, and another bag containing .5 ounce of suspected methamphetamine.  Officers also found another scale in the back seat.

Behind a subwoofer in the trunk of the vehicle, officers found a concealed compartment that contained 9 more bricks of suspected methamphetamine, which weighed in total 9.4 pounds.

The suspected methamphetamine was sent to the lab for testing.  Testing determined that the methamphetamine was 100% pure.

This case was investigated by the Lincoln/Lancaster County Narcotics Task Force and the Lincoln Metropolitan Fugitive Task Force.