A 57-year-old woman was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in Nevada State Prison as the principal player in the sales of methamphetamine from her Johnson Lane home.
District Judge Dave Gamble told Nadine Murray she must serve a minimum of two years before she is eligible for parole. He gave her credit for 288 days served since her Jan. 10 arrest.
She pleaded guilty in October to trafficking in a controlled substance, methamphetamine.
"I've been sober for 11 months and with that comes the reality of what I've done to my family, friends and this community. I'm sorry. I believe God is redirecting me down another path," Murray said.
She described her life as a "train wreck," saying she became addicted to methamphetamine at age 15 when a doctor prescribed diet pills.
Murray told Gamble when she gets out of prison, she wants to help people and speak at schools about the danger of drugs.
Gamble addressed Murray's explanation that she was betrayed by a friend to whom she sold drugs.
"There is no friendship if it is clouded or controlled by drugs," he said.
He told her that by selling and supplying methamphetamine in the community, she was as responsible for ruining lives as the doctor who first introduced her to diet pills.
"Every one of those people is in worse condition because of what you did, the same thing you say that doctor did to you," Gamble said.
Her ex-husband, Thomas Murray, 58, pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempting to maintain a place for the unlawful selling of a controlled substance.
In a plea negotiation, he agreed to sell the residence at 2861 East Valley Road and turn over $110,000 to the sheriff's office in lieu of forfeiture of the house.
He faces five years in prison and a $10,000 fine at his sentencing Feb. 12.
Thomas Murray claimed he didn't know his former wife was selling methamphetamine from the home.
"I just happened to be at the house when it all came down," he said.
In 1989, the Murrays were arrested for cultivation of marijuana at the residence, and in 2001, the couple was arrested in connection with a methamphetamine lab, according to sheriff's reports.
Nadine Murray also was convicted of a felony in Carson City.
The couple was arrested with three other people at the conclusion of a month-long investigation prompted by neighbors who complained about traffic at the East Valley Road residence 24 hours a day.
The sheriff's department Street Enforcement Team investigation included several controlled purchases of methamphetamine at the home after officers concluded that the house was being used to store and sell controlled substances.
Officers recovered 2 ounces of methamphetamine with a street value of $5,600.
A motorcycle which had been stolen in Reno also was discovered at the house.
