Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Change of plea hearing set for Joplin man on meth possession, distribution charge


A change of plea hearing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. November 14 in U. S. District Court in Springfield for Benjamin Ray Nordby, Joplin, on a charge of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.

DEA Springfield and the Ozarks Drug Task Force had Benjamin Ray Nordby under surveillance after he recently moved from northeast Oklahoma to Joplin. Nordby had been identified by the DEA in Tulsa as retail supplier and distributor of methamphetamine, according to the probable cause affidavit.








Nordby was also a member of a prison gang, the Universal Aryan Brotherhood, the affidavit indicated.
A mobile surveillance was set up after Nordby was seen leaving his home Monday night. A Joplin Police Department officer stopped him after observing a traffic violation at 2000 W. 7th.

Officers found 224 grams of meth in the vehicle.

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