WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
Two men with lengthy criminal histories were sentenced today to a combined 45 years in federal prison for their roles in the disappearance of an 18-year-old Nebraska woman. Floyd Clifford Coates, Jr., and Dennis Lawson, former brothers-in-law, were convicted by a jury of drug and obstruction-of-justice charges on November 25, 2025, after an eleven-day trial.
Coates, a.k.a. Cliff Coates, age 48, from St. Francis, Kansas, and Strubel, Iowa, was convicted of six counts, including drug trafficking, unlawful possession of firearms, and obstruction of justice. He was acquitted of two obstruction-of-just...