Washington man sentenced in Lincoln for meth charges
A Washington man was sentenced in Lincoln to more than five years in prison for methamphetamine charges.
By News Channel NebraskaLINCOLN, Neb. -- A Washington man was sentenced in Lincoln to more than five years in prison for methamphetamine charges.
Acting U.S. Attorney Steven Russell announced that 36-year-old Dallas Faamausil was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Lincoln.
The U.S. District Judge sentenced Faamausili to 70 months in prison for one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing meth.
After serving his sentence, Faamausili will be placed on supervised release for two years. There is no parole in the federal system.
On May 26, 2021, a Seward County Sheriff’s deputy stopped a vehicle driven by Faamausili for a traffic violation on Interstate 80.
Faamausili gave consent to search his vehicle for illegal narcotics.
The deputy noticed that the stow-n-go compartment in the vehicle was glued shut. He eventually opened the compartment and found several clear plastic packages containing suspected meth.
In total, there were about 100 one-pound sized bricks seized from the vehicle. Two of the pound size bricks were sent to the lab for testing. The lab determined that one brick contained 443.97 grams of meth and the other brick contained 446.57 grams of meth.
Purity was conducted, and the lab determined that the two bricks contained at least 840 grams of actual meth.