A Fillmore County man who triggered a social media storm last fall after driving around Lincoln with a racist message on his pickup truck was sentenced to prison Tuesday for attempted manufacture of a controlled substance while in possession of a firearm.
Fillmore County District Judge Vicky Johnson sentenced Austin J. Cordis, 21, of rural Ohiowa, to three to five years in prison. In exchange for a guilty plea, prosecutors reduced the charge from possession of a firearm while committing a drug violation and dismissed three other felony charges.
The charges against Cordis were brought after investigators from the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office searched a farm where Cordis lived March 13, 2020. According to an affidavit filed in Fillmore County Court, investigators located a large…
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A Fillmore County man who triggered a social media storm last fall after driving around Lincoln with a racist message on his pickup truck was sentenced to prison Tuesday for attempted manufacture of a controlled substance while in possession of a firearm.
Fillmore County District Judge Vicky Johnson sentenced Austin J. Cordis, 21, of rural Ohiowa, to three to five years in prison. In exchange for a guilty plea, prosecutors reduced the charge from possession of a firearm while committing a drug violation and dismissed three other felony charges.
The charges against Cordis were brought after investigators from the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office searched a farm where Cordis lived March 13, 2020. According to an affidavit filed in Fillmore County Court, investigators located a large…