Lincoln Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on January 28, 2016, Kenneth Ali Carman, 43, of Lincoln, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine between January of 2010 and April of 2015.  Carman will serve five years on supervised release following the prison term.

Information provided to law enforcement indicated Carman was involved in the distribution of at least 500 grams, (approximately 18 ounces), of methamphetamine in the Lincoln area.  In December of 2014 and January of 2015, Carman sold small amounts of methamphetamine to the confidential informant and/or the undercover officer working with the Lincoln/Lancaster County Drug Task Force.  On April 3, 2015, a search warrant was executed at the Lincoln apartment which Carman shared with his co-defendant, Nicole Lynn Zabel.  Over 95 grams of methamphetamine was found in the apartment.  Carman was contacted by law enforcement the following day and admitted he had sold approximately one pound of methamphetamine over the prior six months to one year; that he had a number of regular customers; and that he sold methamphetamine for Zabel.

Zabel pled guilty to the conspiracy charge in December of 2015 and is scheduled for sentencing in March of 2016.

This case was investigated by the Lincoln/Lancaster County Drug Task Force.