A judge has sentenced a Lincoln man to seven to 12 years in prison for a string of crimes last year, including a rural home burglary and drug charges.
Jesse Pecka, 44, pleaded no contest to burglary,Ìýtheft by receiving and carrying a concealed weapon and guilty to possession of methamphetamine.
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Lincoln police arrested him Sept. 3, 2015, for a burglary about a week earlier at a home near Pawnee State Recreation Area after a neighbor gave Lancaster County Sheriff’s deputies a description of the thief's car, a white Dodge Magnum, which led to Pecka.
In the car, police found stolen property along with a small amount of methamphetamine, needles, a scale and a spoon and a box with the victim’s last name written on it and burglary tools inside.
Lancaster County District Judge Kevin McManaman sentenced him Monday.
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In February, District Judge Jodi Nelson sentenced a woman arrested with Pecka, Kristina Frerichs, 37, to five years in prison, plus two years of post-release supervision on four drug possession charges. She pleaded guilty.
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