Massachusetts Drug Courier Sentenced for Transporting Cocaine Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nebraska Byline: Lecia Wright Date: 27 February 2024 Subjects: American Government , Crime Topic: Mitsubishi Outlander

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Steven R. Windoloski, 33, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, was sentenced on February 27, 2024, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska, for possessing with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. Senior United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Windoloski to 51 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Windoloski’s release from prison, he will begin a 5-year term of supervised release.

On August 11, 2022, a trooper with the Nebraska State Patrol conducted a traffic stop of a Mitsubishi Outlander in Hershey, Nebraska.  Windoloski was the driver.  Troopers searched the vehicle and located approximately 100 bricks of cocaine with each brick weighing approximately one kilogram.  Windoloski knew he was transporting the cocaine and he intended to distribute it.

This case was investigated by the Nebraska State Patrol.

Lecia Wright - Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney (402) 661-3700

Updated February 29, 2024