Denver Man Nicholas Meyers Cops 11-Year Gun, Meth Sentence

Denver man Nicholas Meyers, 26, is headed to federal prison for over 11 years after admitting to flooding the streets with methamphetamine and illegal firearms. The hard-charging dealer moved nearly 10 ounces of crystal meth and offloaded 11 guns — including an assault-style rifle built for high-capacity magazines — to an undercover federal agent in a sting that laid bare his criminal enterprise.

Court records show Meyers raked in $14,500 from October 2016 to July 2017 during the illicit sales spree. The transactions were especially brazen: Meyers was already a convicted felon, having been found guilty of felony menacing in 2014 — a status that legally barred him from possessing any firearm, let alone trafficking them as tools of the drug trade.

U.S. Attorney Jason R. Dunn didn’t mince words: “Selling methamphetamine is bad enough, but selling methamphetamine and firearms is a dangerous combination.” Dunn credited the ATF’s dogged surveillance and intelligence work for cutting short a growing threat to public safety in the Denver metro area.

ATF Special Agent in Charge David S. Booth called Meyers a textbook danger to the community. “Nicholas Meyers is a convicted felon and used firearms to further his drug trafficking trade,” Booth said. “The removal of criminals like Meyers from our communities is a top priority for ATF.”

The sentence, handed down August 14, 2020, by U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez, includes 136 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release. Meyers was indicted on April 4, 2019, and pleaded guilty on September 3, 2019. The case was investigated by the Denver branch of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron M. Teitelbaum prosecuted the case, which is now part of the public record on PACER under Case Number 19-cr-149. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado released the details as part of its ongoing crackdown on gun and drug trafficking networks feeding violence in urban centers.