OMAHA, Nebraska – U.S. Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Jose Felix Perez, 47, of Grand Island, Nebraska, was sentenced by the Honorable John M. Gerrard, U.S. District Court Judge, to 70 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by four years of supervised release, and he was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment.

An indictment was filed on February 2, 2012, charging Perez with four counts of distribution of five grams or more of actual methamphetamine. The offenses occurred between November 10, 2010, and December 7, 2010, in Grand Island, Nebraska. Perez pled guilty to each of the four counts on May 2, 2012.

This case was investigated by the Central Nebraska Drug and Safe Streets Task Force, which consists of investigators and agents from the Nebraska State Patrol, Grand Island Police Department, Hall County Sheriff’s Office, Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Hastings Police Department, Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office, Kearney Police Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.