Lincoln Woman Sentenced for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Connie Robinson, 33, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Lincoln for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine.  Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Robinson to 192 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system.  After her release from prison, she will begin a 10-year term of supervised release.

 On April 14, 2022, a Lincoln Police Department officer was on duty checking hotels in Lincoln.  The officer saw a black Ford sedan sitting in a hotel lot.  The license plate on the vehicle did not match that vehicle.  The officer stopped and made contact with the vehicle.  Robinson, who was in the front passenger seat, rolled down the window for the officer.  The officer smelled marijuana odor coming from the vehicle.  Another officer arrived on the scene, and the vehicle was searched.  The second officer opened a fanny pack where Robinson had been seated and found a pipe, baggies, a scale, and about 98 grams of actual methamphetamine.  Officers also found about 2.4 grams of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in a sunglass case on the driver’s side. Robinson was arrested and taken to jail. While there, she made an excited utterance that the case was hers.

Robinson had a prior conviction for delivery of a controlled substance which raised the mandatory minimum sentence in this case from 10 to 15 years’ imprisonment.

This case was investigated by the Lincoln Police Department.