A man who Lincoln police have been told is the biggest drug dealer in Lincoln was arrested Oct. 21 after officers executed a search warrant at his apartment, court documents say.
Matthew Pavey, 24, has allegedly been known to sell several ounces of methamphetamine a day, according to the search warrant filed in Lancaster County Court by the Lincoln Police Department.
Officers drafted the warrant when they got several bits of information that Pavey was in possession of dealer amounts of methamphetamine and stolen electronics and that he had allegedly been seen “with a piece of methamphetamine approximately the size of a pop can within the last few weeks,†the warrant says.Â
Before the warrant was executed, officers noted that Pavey had been arrested Aug. 12 and Aug. 15 on suspicion of possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver, possession of drug money and possession of methamphetamine.
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Officers also believed Pavey, a convicted felon, could have been in possession of at least one firearm, the warrant says.
The search of an apartment at 919 G St. was done at night for safety reasons, and Pavey was arrested that night on suspicion of possession of meth and Adderall, which is a stimulant, and Tramadol, an opioid pain medication.
Elizabeth Reddish, 22, also was arrested on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine. She bailed out of jail and was arrested again on Oct. 27, when police said they found her with more than 2 ounces of meth in a room at a downtown Lincoln hotel, according to a probable cause affidavit.
In that incident, she was cited on suspicion of intent to deliver meth within 1,000 feet of a school and possession of money to be used in violating a drug statute. Four other people were cited in the hotel incident as well.
Pavey wasn't one of them. He bonded out of jail on Oct. 26. Reddish was released on bail Oct. 28 in the second incident.
During the search of Pavey’s apartment, officers said they found drug paraphernalia including two pipes with meth residue, several cellphones and chargers, a Pepsi can, cash, a stun gun, a katana (a type of sword) and a pellet gun, the warrant says.