Plea reached in meth, weapon charge case

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A plea agreement was reached with a McCook man Monday in Red Willow County District Court admitting guilt to felony possession of methamphetamine and other offenses. The offender, 31-year-old Dustin Stuck of 1513 West 15th Street, was subsequently scheduled for sentencing at 11:45 a.m. on July 7, 2014.

Stuck will be sentenced on a Class IV felony for possession of methamphetamine; two Class I misdemeanor offenses for resisting arrest and carrying a concealed weapon; and a Class III misdemeanor for disturbing the peace. The charges were originally filed in two separate criminal cases related to Stuck's arrest in November 2013 and again in April 2014.

Stuck was arrested just after midnight on Nov. 23, 2013, after he attempted to evade officers on a bicycle. A Red Willow County Sheriff's deputy responding to a report of suspicious activity contacted Stuck near the intersection of West 10th and L Street and shortly into the conversation Stuck attempted flee.

The officer pursued Stuck in his squad car for several blocks with lights and siren activated. Stuck was eventually tackled off his bicycle by a second officer after being pursued through at least four yards.

Stuck was found to be in possession of a butterfly knife with a 4 in. blade, a second knife with a 3.5 in. blade and a small pipe with burnt marijuana reside.

At the time of the arrest Stuck was a convicted felon who had previously been convicted of resisting arrest, resulting in a citation for an enhanced felony offense of resisting arrest, in addition to offenses alleging obstruction of a peace officer; being a felon in possession of a deadly weapon; possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Red Willow County Attorney Paul Wood did not pursue the resisting arrest, obstruction, possession of marijuana or drug paraphernalia offenses, and charged Stuck with a Class III felony for possession of a deadly weapon and a misdemeanor offense for carrying a concealed weapon, before offering a plea agreement dismissing the deadly weapon charge and pleading no contest to the misdemeanor offense for carrying a concealed weapon.

Stuck was arrested and again cited for resisting arrest on April 1, 2014. Law enforcement officers issuing Stuck a citation for a prior incident were leaving his residence when Stuck chased them to their police vehicle in an aggressive manner, while yelling profanity, according to court documents. The officers turned to arrest Stuck and he fled back into his home, prompting a short chase and a bedroom door inside the house to be knocked off its frame.

Stuck was again cited with a Class IIIA felony for resisting arrest; a Class IV felony for possession of methamphetamine stemming from rock crystals discovered in his wallet; a misdemeanor offense for disturbing the peace; and an infraction for possession of drug paraphernalia.

Wood did not pursue the drug paraphernalia infraction and subsequently reduced the resisting arrest offense to a misdemeanor version, as part of the combined plea agreement admitting guilt to possession of methamphetamine, carrying a concealed weapon, disturbing the peace and misdemeanor resisting arrest.