Story Courtesy John P. Tretbar
Two high profile drug busts in our area resulted in federal prison terms for two defendants from North Platte.
On March 1, Brian Craig Devino, 36, was sentenced to 20-years in prison for distributing methamphetamine which resulted in the overdose death of Stacey Gonzalez in February of 2011.
United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg says Gonzalez was found dead in her North Platte home by a family member on February 23, 2011. A small amount of methamphetamine was found in Gonzalez’s bedroom by investigators from the North Platte Police Department. Devino and Gonzalez had gone out for drinks and then returned to Gonzalez’s residence with take-out food on the evening of February 22, 2011. Devino admitted to officers that he had provided Gonzalez with a small amount of methamphetamine before leaving her residence.
Devino’s charge carried a mandatory minimum prison term of 20 years due to the fact that the use of the methamphetamine resulted in a death. Following the prison term, Devino will serve four years on supervised release.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the North Platte Police Department.
Another convicted drug dealer from North Platte was sentenced March 6 to nearly five years in federal prison. Gilg says Lisa Ann Rosenberg, 27, was arrested and charged last year, after selling more than 51 grams of cocaine base to a confidential informant on June 14, 2011. A co-defendant from Colorado, Megan Miller, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and will be sentenced April 4th.
That case was investigated by the CODE Task Force which is made up of law enforcement agencies throughout a 22-county area in west-central/southwest Nebraska and includes the North Platte Police Department, Dawson County Sheriff’s Office, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Red Willow County Sheriff’s Office, Frontier County Sheriff’s Office, Nebraska State Patrol, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).