The following are highlights from Lincoln County District Court:

-A 42-year-old North Platte man is going to prison after being convicted of distributing cocaine and marijuana.

Joseph Miller was sentenced by Lincoln County District Court Judge Donald Rowlands to three to nine years in prison.

Court records indicate that Miller sold the drugs to an undercover Nebraska State Trooper at the Cedar Lodge in North Platte in 2009.

After his arrest, Miller posted bond and was on the run for two years before being apprehended in Iowa and extradited to Nebraska.

 

 

 

-A North Platte man who was arrested for being a felon in possession of a stolen firearm, is going back to prison.

Troy Culpepper, 25, of North Platte was sentenced by District Court Judge Donald Rowlands to three to six year in prison.

Acting on a tip, police executed a search warrant on Culpepper’s vehicle where they located the stolen firearms.

Judge Rowlands noted Culpepper’s lengthy criminal record and previous penitentiary sentence when handing down the sentence.

 

 

 

 

 

-A North Platte man who assaulted his estranged wife, was given credit for time served.

Burgess Running Enemy, Jr. was sentenced to 150 days in jail by Judge Donald Rowlands, but was given credit for time served.

Prosecutors say Running Enemy arranged a meeting with his estranged wife at Memorial Park so he could see his child.

Upon meeting, an argument ensued and Running Enemy grabbed the woman by her hair and threatened her with a knife.

The female told police that she felt Running Enemy was threatening to kill her.