Kearney Woman Sentenced to Over 5 Years for Distribution of Methamphetamine

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Jade Summers, age 42, of Kearney, Nebraska was sentenced on January 10, 2025, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska for one count of distribution of 5 grams or more of meth. United States District Judge Susan M. Bazis sentenced Summers to a total of 60 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Summers’ release from prison, she will begin a 3-year term of supervised release.

On April 4, 2023, a Confidential Informant (“CI”) set up a controlled purchase of meth from Jade Summers.  Summers agreed to sell ¼ pound of meth.  Law enforcement provided the CI with $1,600 to purchase the meth and video/audio recording devices for the controlled buy.  The purchase occurred in Grand Island, Nebraska.  The CI purchased the meth from Summers and the meth was packaged in three baggies.  The State Crime Lab confirmed that the substance was meth and that it weighed over 100 grams.  The largest baggie was confirmed to have a purity of 100% and to contain at least 55 grams of meth actual.

This case was investigated by the Tri-City Drug Enforcement Team (TRIDENT). TRIDENT is a task force with law enforcement personnel from the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Grand Island Police Department, Hall County Sheriff’s Office, Hastings Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, Kearney Police Department, and the Nebraska State Patrol.