Distribution of a Controlled Substance

DATE & TIME:   Saturday, September 16, 2023, 8:27 PM                                             

LOCATION: 6^th and Brown St.; Beatrice                                              

OFFENSE: Distribution of a Controlled Substance                                

CASE #: 2023-4649                            

Over the last several weeks the Gage County Sheriff’s Office has been investigating Tino Rios and Cody Williams, both residents of Beatrice, for distributing methamphetamine in Gage County.  On Saturday, September 16 at 8:27 PM deputies conducted a traffic stop of Rios’s vehicle in Beatrice near 6^th and Brown St.  Rios was the driver and Williams was a passenger in the vehicle at the time of the traffic stop.  A Saline County Sheriff’s Office K-9 indicated the presence of illegal drugs inside the vehicle.  During a search of the vehicle, deputies located 76 grams of suspected methamphetamine inside of a backpack belonging to Williams.  Rios was arrested for Possession with Intent to Deliver Methamphetamine (28-140 grams) and Aiding and Abetting the Distribution of a Controlled Substance.  Williams was arrested for Possession with Intent to Deliver Methamphetamine (28-140 grams) and Possession of a Controlled Substance.  Both were lodged in the Gage County Detention Center. 

Inv. Matthew Ernst, 90315

Sgt. John Patsch, 9033

Deputy Brock Juracek, 9039