Man sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling meth in Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A man was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for selling meth in Nebraska.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said 32-year-old Socorro Alejandres Alvarez of Mexico will serve 10 years on supervised release after his prison sentence.

There is no parole in the federal system.

In 2020, Alvarez used an illicit cellphone while imprisoned at the Great Plains Correctional Facility in Hinton, Oklahoma, to arrange a package of meth to be delivered to Nebraska from Los Angeles.

The package was intercepted by law enforcement, according to the attorney’s office. The package contained 420 grams of actual meth.

Alvarez made multiple shipments while in prison. Shipments were sent to Shannon Rojas, Shane Lawrence and Jeremiah Schnoor.

Rojas was sentenced to nearly six years on May 27, and Lawrence was sentenced to over 16 years on Feb. 11, 2022.

Schnoor pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of meth. He is to be sentenced May 18.