A WALTHILL, NEBRASKA WOMAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS IN PRISON ON A FEDERAL DRUG CHARGE.
30-YEAR-OLD WHITLEY MITCHELL PLEADED GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE.
MITCHELL WAS DRIVING A CAR THAT WAS PULLED OVER DURING A TRAFFIC STOP WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUND 9.6 GRAMS OF PURE METH IN HER PURSE AND A GUN BELONGING TO HER CO-DEFENDANT AND PASSENGER WAS IN THE GLOVE BOX.
ADDITIONAL PURE METHAMPHETAMINE WAS FOUND ON THE PASSENGER AND IN A PLASTIC JAR IN THE CAR,AND IN INDIVIDUAL BAGGIES.
MITCHELL WAS SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN SIOUX CITY.
