United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced Carla Colliers, 46, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Colliers to imprisonment for 186 months. There is no parole in the federal system. After her release from prison, she will begin a 10-year term of supervised release.
On September 9, 2020, Colliers sold one ounce of methamphetamine to a confidential source and on September 22, 2020, she sold two ounces of methamphetamine to a confidential source. On September 24, 2020, law enforcement searched Colliers’s downtown Omaha hotel room where they recovered numerous controlled substances including 599 grams of actual methamphetamine, 26 grams of psilocybin brownies, and 50 grams of crack cocaine. On November 12, 2020, law enforcement obtained a search warrant for Colliers’s residence located on Manderson Street in Omaha. Officers recovered 118 grams of methamphetamine and 20 grams heroin, and a large amount of currency.
Codefendant James Finley is currently scheduled for jury trial on April 19, 2022.
This case was investigated primarily by the Omaha Police Department.