Pubdate: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 Source: Omaha World-Herald (NE) Contact: http://www.omaha.com/ Forum: http://chat.omaha.com/ Copyright: 1999 Omaha World-Herald Company. METH PRISON SENTENCE REDUCED TO SEVEN YEARS Grand Island, Neb. - A California woman involved in a Grand Island area drug-trafficking ring had her sentence shortened in U.S. District Court in Lincoln. U.S. Attorney Tom Monaghan said Wednesday that Judge Richard Kopf sentenced Mary Ann Rounsavall, 48, of Fontana, Calif., to seven years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release. She had been convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and money laundering. At the time of her sentencing in 1996, the government filed a motion to shorten the otherwise mandatory federal sentencing guideline range of 30 years to life in prison. She was sentenced in 1996 to the statutory minimum of 20 years in prison. - --- MAP posted-by: Rolf Ernst