Sentencing date set for Joplin man on meth possession, distribution charges

A 1:30 p.m. April 8 sentencing date is scheduled in U. S. District Court in Springfield for Benjamin Ray Nordby, Joplin, who pleaded guilty November 14 to possession and distribution of methamphetamine.

DEA Springfield and the Ozarks Drug Task Force had 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.

A mobile surveillance was set up after Nordby was seen leaving his home November 11, 2024. 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.