Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General | https://www.justice.gov/
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General | https://www.justice.gov/
Anthony Stephens, 38, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on August 23, 2024, in federal court for his involvement in a methamphetamine conspiracy. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter Jr. sentenced Stephens to 188 months’ imprisonment. Additionally, Stephens agreed to the forfeiture of $10,500. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, he will begin a 10-year term of supervised release.
On September 9, 2022, law enforcement responded to the Microtel Inn and Suites in Bellevue, Nebraska to remove a party from one of the rooms. The hotel manager informed officers that a male occupant had rented the room for one night and was supposed to check out by noon but had not done so. The manager and officers went to the room and found Stephens unresponsive with no pulse; he was ultimately shaken awake.
In the hotel room, officers located $10,500 in United States currency, drug paraphernalia, a black baton, brass knuckles, baggies, two vehicle fobs, digital scales, two cell phones, approximately 465.5 grams of marijuana, 851 grams of pure methamphetamine (meth), and various pills. Stephens was arrested and told officers that he had been dealing pound quantities of meth since April 2022.
This case was investigated by the Bellevue Police Department.
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