LINCOLN, Neb. – Two people have been sentenced to federal prison after their convictions for drug crimes in Nebraska.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports that 32-year-old Alejandro "Gizmo" Garcia had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell methamphetamine and cocaine in the Lincoln area between Sept. 25, 2009, and February 2011.
On Monday he was given 12 years and seven months in federal prison.
In an unrelated case, a Minnesota woman was sentenced to 22 months.
Twenty-five-year-old Jenna Springer, of Keewatin (kee-WAH'-tihn), Minn., and her passenger, 36-year-old Jaymond Taylor, were convicted of meth possession for sale. Prosecutors say a Nebraska state trooper found 6 pounds of meth in a pickup Springer was driving on Sept. 13, 2011.
Earlier this month Taylor was given 27 years in prison.
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