Editor's Pick Ex-Lincoln restaurant owner pleads guilty to selling drugs stolen from Nebraska State Patrol ANDREW WEGLEY Lincoln Journal Star Mar 20, 2023 Mar 20, 2023 Updated Mar 22, 2024 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A former Lincoln restaurant owner who in 2021 was at the center of a plot to steal drugs from the Nebraska State Patrol's evidence storage facility pleaded guilty Friday to his role in one of the highest-profile drug cases in the state's history.kAmv6@C86 {] (62G6C yC] DA6?E E96 DF>>6C @7 a_a` 5:C64E:?8 E96 E967E 2?5 C6D2=6 @7 A@F?5D @7 >2C:;F2?2[ <:=@D @7 4@42:?6 2?5 8C2>D @7 76?E2?J= 7C@> E96 $E2E6 !2EC@=VD 6G:56?46 724:=:EJ :? {:?4@=?[ 7656C2= AC@D64FE@CD D2:5 2E E96 bf\J62C\@=5VD A=62 962C:?8 uC:52J]k^Am People are also reading… Nebraska requests exemption from Medicaid work requirements in Dawson County Adrian Gomez Ramos joins Nebraska Community Foundation Kaden Barkmeier pitches no-hitter in Lexington's shut out of Broken Bow Cattlemen’s Ball transforms Dawson County pasture into gathering place for hope Planning Commission recommends denial of Pentecostal church conditional use permit; board concerned about parking overflow Gothenburg woman charged with felony child abuse and sexual assault of a child Gov. 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Ex-State Patrol employee pleads guilty for drugs stolen from evidence room At the hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Sara Fullerton offered the most detailed account yet of the scheme and the investigation that uncovered it.
Supreme Court asked to grant new trial over drugs stolen from NSP evidence room It's at least the third case over the same issue currently pending before the state's highest court.
Attorney General says State Patrol can withhold policy for handling, storing evidence Following a security breach that resulted in $1.2 million in drugs being taken from an evidence facility, the patrol has refused a public reco…
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