Omaha Man Sentenced to 130 Months for Methamphetamine

Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Larry D. Brooks, 60, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha.  United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Brooks to 130 months in prison for one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual).  After serving his sentence, Brooks will be placed on supervised release for 5 years.  There is no parole in the federal system.

On or about February 6, 2021, in Omaha, officers with the Omaha Police Department observed a Red GMC Yukon being driven without illuminated taillights.  The officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle. Brooks was driving the vehicle and there were no other occupants.  After the stop, Brooks identified himself to the officers.  During the search of the Brooks’s vehicle, officers located three (3) plastic baggies, which contained suspected methamphetamine and a digital gram scale. At the time of the traffic stop, Brooks knew the methamphetamine was in the vehicle and he intended to distribute some or all of the methamphetamine to another person.

Subsequent Nebraska Public Service Laboratory lab tests confirmed the suspected methamphetamine found in Brooks’s vehicle was methamphetamine and had a weight of 101.107 grams (3.56 ounces).  Subsequent lab tests determined the recovered methamphetamine had a purity of 95%, for a minimum amount of actual methamphetamine of 90.996 grams

This case was investigated by the Omaha Police Department.