North Platte woman sentenced for distribution of methamphetamine

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Jessica Binegar, a.k.a. “Jessica Keo”, 8, of North Platte, was sentenced on Dec. 12, in federal court in Lincoln for one count of distribution of five grams or more of meth. United States District Judge Susan M. Bazis sentenced Binegar to a total of 43 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Binegar’s release from prison, she will begin a 3-year term of supervised release.

Beginning in 2021, the FBI and CODE Drug Task Force opened an investigation into drug trafficking in the North Platte area. March of 2022, law en...