News Release Unites States Attorney-Omaha
United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Larry W. Carter, 48, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Lincoln, to a total of 190 months in prison for possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine and use of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Carter to 130 months in prison on the drug conviction and a consecutive 60 months in prison on the gun conviction. After serving his prison sentence, Carter will serve a 5-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
On September 30, 2020, law enforcement contacted Carter as he was leaving a store. Carter ran from law enforcement and was apprehended shortly thereafter. During his apprehension, a handgun was retrieved from his person. Carter was arrested and an inventory search of his vehicle was conducted. During the search, law enforcement found a bag in the backseat that contained three self-sealing baggies of suspected methamphetamine, other suspected controlled substances, several empty baggies, a glass pipe with burnt white residue, and a black digital scale. Those items were seized by law enforcement and the suspected methamphetamine was sent to the lab for testing. A lab determined that there was 110.86 grams of methamphetamine, of which at least 100 grams was actual methamphetamine.
This case was investigated by the Lincoln/Lancaster County Narcotics Task Force.