Jamie M. Hopkins, Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Nebraska 2024

North Platte Woman Sentenced to 10 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

Lincoln, NE – In a federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska, a North Platte woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the North Platte area.

Jamie M. Hopkins, age 36, was sentenced on October 17, 2024, after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine. United States District Judge Susan M. Bazis handed down the sentence, which includes no parole in the federal system.

According to the investigation, Hopkins led an organization responsible for distributing meth and fentanyl in and around the North Platte area between July 2022 and February 2023. The group was responsible for the distribution of pounds of meth. Hopkins and her co-conspirators were the subjects of multiple controlled buys, search warrants, and arrests.

Three controlled buys from Hopkins and co-defendant, Joey Romero, occurred in July of 2022. On July 7, 2022, a Confidential Informant (“CI”) purchased 6.2 grams of meth mixture from Hopkins and Romero. On July 13, 2022, the same CI purchased 28.4 grams of meth mixture from Romero in Hopkins’ car in a grocery store parking lot. On July 29, 2022, the CI purchased 26 grams of meth actual from Hopkins and Romero.

Two controlled buys from Hopkins and Romero occurred in August of 2022. On August 2, 2022, the CI purchased 26 grams of meth actual from Hopkins in a hotel room occupied by Hopkins and Romero. On August 17, 2022, the CI purchased 10 pills from Hopkins at her house. The pills later tested positive for meth and fentanyl.

On January 30, 2023, the CI purchased 36 grams of meth actual from Hopkins and a coconspirator at Hopkins’ residence. A search warrant was served on Hopkins’ house on February 7, 2023. During the search, law enforcement found multiple baggies of meth throughout the house, to include: the bedroom, Hopkins’ purse, and in a toilet of a bathroom. Law enforcement also found 2 bongs, 29 pills, owe notes, 3 scales, spoons with residue, 224 rounds of 9mm ammunition, a box of Winchester 380 ammunition with 23 rounds in it, and empty baggies in the home. The baggies of meth were tested by the State Patrol Crime Lab. The lab confirmed the samples contained 35.85 grams of a meth mixture.

Romero pleaded guilty and is set for sentencing on December 12, 2024. The case was investigated by the Tri-City Drug Enforcement Team (TRIDENT), a task force with law enforcement personnel from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Grand Island Police Department, Hall County Sheriff’s Office, Hastings Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, Kearney Police Department, and the Nebraska State Patrol.

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