By: Jordan Onwiler
A 47-year-old Grand Island man convicted of selling meth has been sentenced to almost six years in prison.
Jose Felix-Perez was sentenced Monday to 70 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to four counts of distribution of five grams or more of actual methamphetamine on May
2.
He was indicted Feb. 2. The offenses occurred between Nov. 10 and Dec. 7, 2010, in Grand
Island, according to a press release from the U.S. attorney's office.
Following his prison term, Felix-Perez will serve four years
of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay a $100 special
assessment.
This
case was investigated by the Central Nebraska Drug and Safe Streets Task Force,
which consists of investigators and agents from the Nebraska State Patrol,
Grand Island Police Department, Hall County Sheriff's Office, Adams County
Sheriff's Office, Hastings Police Department, Buffalo County Sheriff's Office,
Kearney Police Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
