EX-COP'S DAUGHTER ADMITS GUILT

Strohl Gets Probation For Mom's Botched Meth Scheme

The daughter of a former Lincoln police officer pleaded guilty today
to charges she conspired with her mother, former Lincoln police Cpl.
Diana Short, to manufacture methamphetamine to raise bond money for
Short's release.

Logan County Circuit Judge David Coogan sentenced Brianna D. Strohl,
24, of the 100 block of Grand Avenue to 48 months probation and 180
days in jail after she admitted to the botched drug scheme.

Strohl pleaded guilty to unlawful criminal drug conspiracy, a Class
II felony, which allows for up to seven years in prison.

In exchange for Strohl's plea, Logan County State's Attorney Tim
Huyett agreed to dismiss a Class X conspiracy charge and unlawful
possession of methamphetamine manufacturing chemicals, a Class I
felony. Both are more severe than the one to which she admitted.

Huyett has said authorities learned from inmates at the Logan County
Safety Complex - where Short was being jailed on unrelated drug
charges - that Short was attempting to solicit individuals to
manufacture meth to raise money for her bond.

Police corroborated the allegations by monitoring Short's telephone
conversations from the jail. A July 22 telephone conversation between
Short and Strohl revealed Strohl planned to gather as many as 2,000
tablets of a cold remedy containing pseudoephedrine, a common meth
ingredient, Huyett said.

During a July 27 phone call, Strohl told Short "mission
accomplished," saying the pills were hidden outside a residence in
the 200 block of Williamette Avenue where Illinois State troopers
later recovered more than 1,000 of the over-the-counter tablets.

In addition to probation and the jail term, Strohl also must pay
court costs, including a $2,000 mandatory assessment stemming from
the Controlled Substances Act.

She was credited for being jailed the past 53 days.

Short pleaded guilty Sept. 8 to several felony drug charges and will
be sentenced to a minimum of nine and up to 37 years in prison at a
sentencing hearing Oct. 6.