Robert Marion Nevels, 36, Joplin, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on methamphetamine possession with intent to distribute and weapons charges this morning during a hearing in U. S. District Court in Springfield.
After he completes his sentence, Nevels will be on supervised release for five years.
The sentence was slightly less than the 24 years recommended by the government in its sentencing memorandum, which noted Nevels was a "career offender" and "sold large amounts of methamphetamine to numerous persons in the Jasper and Newton County areas of this district.
"These sales destroyed lives and damaged the communities where the sales occurred. The defendant, while both a convicted felon, and while distributing methamphetamine, possessed a firearm, also a dangerous action."
According to the charging information, a Carthage Police Department officer stopped Robert Marion Nevels, 35, May 16 and seized 210.5 grams of crystal methamphetamine and a handgun.
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