Former Nebraska State Patrol worker sentenced for selling drugs from evidence room

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A former Nebraska State Patrol employee will spend over two decades behind bars for selling drugs stolen from an evidence room.

In February, Anna Idigima pleaded guilty in district court to distributing and possessing cocaine and fentanyl.

On Wednesday, she was sentenced to 21 years and 10 months in prison for the charges, which were amended in a plea deal, according to court documents.

After her prison sentence, she will spend five years on supervised release.  There is no parole in the federal system.

On Sept. 24, 2021, Lincoln Police announced the arrests of Idigima, who worked in the patrol’s evidence unit, and her boyfriend, George Weaver Jr.

The arrests came after an investigation into 35 overdoses that resulted in nine deaths, according to police.

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During an audit of the patrol’s evidence facility, investigators discovered that drugs, including cocaine and fentanyl, were missing.

Investigators traced some of those overdoses back to Idigima and Weaver, who lived together in Lincoln.

The duo was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to distribute 140 grams or more of cocaine and fentanyl.

In March, Weaver pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute mixtures containing cocaine, fentanyl and marijuana.

He has yet to be sentenced.