Woman Sentenced for Possessing Quarter Pound of Methamphetamine While Shoplifting

United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Milea Ixta, 32, of Ithaca, Nebraska, was sentenced on January 4, 2023, in federal court in Omaha for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.  United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Ixta to 162 months’ imprisonment.  There is no parole in the federal system. After Ixta’s release from prison, she will begin a 5-year term of supervised release.

On January 18, 2021, officers responded to a Walmart in Omaha regarding a report of shoplifting where the customer failed to ring up items and was attempting to leave the store. When the officer arrived, Ixta was taken into custody.  A backpack she was carrying was searched. In addition to locating the stolen merchandise, officers also seized 148 grams of actual methamphetamine as well as 580 grams of a cutting agent.  

This case was investigated by the Omaha Police Department.