Hastings Man Sentenced to 10½ Years for Methamphetamine
A Hastings man will spend up to ten and a half years in prison for distributing up to 7lbs of meth.
By News Channel NebraskaThe United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that 47-year-old Christopher St. John, of Hastings, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha.
He was sentenced for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced St. John to 10½ years of imprisonment. After his release from prison, St. John will begin a five-year term of supervised release.
On May 30, 2019, a Nebraska State Patrol Trooper encountered St. John whose truck was broken down on the highway south of Wood River. Three grams of methamphetamine were found in the truck.
Troopers then located St. John’s companion, Richard Naslund, at a nearby gas station and he was found in possession of an additional 40 grams of methamphetamine and admitted to distributing methamphetamine for St. John.
When interviewed after his arrest on May 30, 2019, St. John admitted to dealing methamphetamine in central Nebraska since 2018, estimating that he had delivered up to 7 pounds.