Omaha man Sentenced to 96 Months for Drug Offenses

United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Shane Morris, 45, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on April 25, 2022, by United States Chief Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. for possessing with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of pure methamphetamine.  Morris received a sentence of 96 months’ imprisonment with a four-year term of supervised release to follow.  There is no parole in the federal system. 

On April 17, 2020, during a traffic stop by the Omaha Police Department, 10 grams of pure methamphetamine were found in Morris’s possession. Morris was also stopped by the Omaha Police Department on October 21, 2020, and found to be in possession of 6 grams of methamphetamine.  On January 10, 2021, Morris was again stopped by the Omaha Police Department and was in possession of 19 grams of methamphetamine.  Finally, Morris sold methamphetamine to an Omaha Police Department informant on both January 5, 2021 (3 grams) and January 6, 2021 (5 grams).

This case was investigated by the Omaha Police Department.