Police arrested a 13-year-old for selling methamphetamine, the youngest suspect ever to be arrested for the crime in Lincoln.

Officer Katie Flood said the Lincoln/Lancaster County Narcotics Task Force received information about the boy during an ongoing investigation. He was arrested when he sold meth to a female, then bought more from 19-year-old Tasha Ryan (pictured left) at 1st and Cornhusker Highway Wednesday night.

The young suspect was driven there by 43-year-old Shane Samuelson (pictured right) of Shelton, Nebraska. Officer Flood said both adults were aware of the boy’s age and his activity.

Ryan was arrested for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, delivery of a controlled substance to a minor and child neglect. Samuelson was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, facilitating the delivery of methamphetamine to a minor and child neglect.

The boy, whose name and picture are not being released, was taken to the youth detention center and his case was referred to the Lancaster County attorney. Officer Flood said the boy has been on runaway status since November 6th and hasn't been attending school.

She said the boy’s mother died earlier this year and his father is out of state. The 13-year-old’s guardian is his grandmother.

Officer Flood said Ryan and Samuelson are not related to the boy. Police don't know where he has been staying or the nature of his relationship with the arrested adults.

“Melissa” is 15-years-old and she is homeless. "It's actually not hard at all, I mean it's kind of like with a snap of a finger you can be all down into selling drugs and doing drugs."

“Melissa” is not her real name, but she doesn’t want to be identified because she’s afraid of retaliation. "It doesn't make life easier; it just makes you have more money so you can sell more drugs, to get more drugs to smoke more drugs."

“Melissa” has been on the streets for more than a year and says at such a young age, you find out quickly how life on the streets works. Drugs are one way, welcome to that world. “Melissa” says, "You can pretty much just walk up to… some random person, there is some homeless people who do sell drugs, you can just walk up to them..."

There is another homeless youth connected to life on the streets, selling and buying drugs. He is 22-year-old “John” and “John's” path to the streets started years back. Reporter asks, "What's your highest level of schooling?" “John” says, "10th grade, but I stopped trying in fourth grade, once I found out how easy it was to make money. I was using meth, I was using crack cocaine and I was using marijuana." Reporter asks, "Did you sell?" “John” replies, "Yes I did, all three of those and everything else you can get your hands on… I was making $4,000 to $5,000 a night."