Springs Dealer Gets 25 Years

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Colorado Springs pusher Nathan Meek, 43, will spend the next 25 years in a federal cage after a jury slammed him with a massive conviction. Meek wasn’t peddling nickel bags; the feds say he was moving serious weight – fentanyl, meth, cocaine, and even marijuana. The bust wasn’t just about drugs, though.

Prosecutors laid out a case showing Meek was part of a larger conspiracy, working with others to flood the streets with poison. To protect the operation, Meek, a previously convicted felon, was packing heat – a firearm he wasn’t legally allowed to own. The jury didn’t buy his story.

The sentence, handed down in Denver federal court, reflects the severity of the charges. Three hundred months for possessing all those drugs with the clear intent to distribute, another stretch for the gun, and time stacked on for conspiracy and using that firearm *while* dealing. Meek’s operation is shut down, and a dangerous player is off the streets, at least for a quarter of a century.