April Grand Jury
United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 35 indictments charging 40 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
* Alex Aleman, age 36, of Omaha, is charged in a three-count Indictment. Count I alleges that on or about March 6, 2012, Aleman produced a false Social Security Card. The maximum penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 15 years, a fine of $250,000, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II of the Indictment charges that on or about March 6, 2012, Aleman was in possession of a stolen Social Security Card. The maximum penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 15 years, a fine of $250,000, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count III of the Indictment charges that on or about March 6, 2012, Aleman possessed a false Permanent Resident Card. The maximum penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 10 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Ana Archuleta, age 40, of Omaha, is charged in a one-count Indictment with misuse of a Social Security Number on or about June 12, 2007. The maximum penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a fine of $250,000, followed by a term of supervised release of 3 years, and a special assessment of $100.
* Nicasio Avalos Diaz, is charged in a one-count Indictment with misuse of a Social Security Number on or about December 7, 2007. The maximum penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a fine of $250,000, followed by a term of supervised release of 3 years, and a special assessment of $100.
* Jaime Bartolome, age 37, of Omaha, is charged in a three-count Indictment. Count I charges that on or about September 30, 2010, Bartolome misused a social security card and a Kentucky Identification Card to meet a requirement of the employment verification system in the United States. The maximum possible penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II of the Indictment charges Bartolome with misuse of a Social Security Number on or about September 30, 2010. The maximum penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a fine of $250,000, followed by a term of supervised release of 3 years, and a special assessment of $100. Count III alleges Bartolome falsely claimed United States Citizenship on or about September 30, 2010. If convicted the maximum possible penalty includes 3 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, 1 year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Cory Beckstrom, age 40, of Nickerson, Nebraska, and Shamus O’Doherty, age 27, of Omaha, are charged in a three count indictment. Count I alleges that beginning on or about November 2011, and continuing to on or about March 7, 2012, the defendants conspired with others to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. The maximum possible penalty includes imprisonment of not less than 5 years and up to 40 years, a $5 million fine, a 5 year term of supervised release and a $100 special assessment. Counts II and III allege that on or about March 7, 2012 and March 29, 2012, Cory Beckstrom distributed 5 grams or more of actual methamphetamine. The maximum possible penalty for each count includes imprisonment of not less than 5 years and up to 40 years, a $5 million fine, a 5 year term of supervised release and a $100 special assessment. The indictment also alleges any and all property constituting or derived from any proceeds obtained directly or indirectly as a result of the violations alleged in the indictment, including but not limited to $999.00 in United States currency and $1,920.00 in United States currency seized should be forfeited to the United States.
* Jose Castro-Torrez, also known as Alberto Felix Felix, also known as Nicolas Felix-Molina, age 39, is charged with illegal reentry into the United States on or about March 15, 2012, after deportation or removal following a conviction for an aggravated felony. The maximum possible penalty includes imprisonment of up to 20 years, a $1 million fine, a 5 year term of supervised release and a $100 special assessment.
* Johnny L. Chatmon, age 28, of Omaha, is charged with being in possession of a .22 caliber Taurus revolver on or about January 12, 2012, after having been convicted of a felony, to wit: 3rd degree assault of an officer. The maximum possible penalty includes imprisonment of 10 years, a $250,000 fine, a 3 year term of supervised release and a $100 special assessment.
* Juan Cortez-Ramires, age 40, is charged with illegal reentry into the United States on or before December 10, 2011, following deportation as an aggravated felon. The maximum possible penalty if convicted includes imprisonment of 20 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Antonio Delacruz-Alvarez, age 27, of Omaha, is charged with illegal reentry into the United States on or before March 8, 2012, after deportation or removal. The maximum possible penalty if convicted includes imprisonment of 2 years, a $250,000 fine, 1 year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Elizabeth Lee Foster, age 51, of Omaha is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I of the Indictment alleges that between on or about March 25, 2008, and December 2, 2011, Foster failed to disclose that she was no longer authorized to receive Social Security payments for her daughter. The maximum penalty for this count includes 5 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II of the Indictment, alleges that between on or about March 25, 2008, and December 2, 2011, Foster made application to the Social Security Administration which allowed her to receive payments for the use and benefit of another person, her daughter. Foster received the payments and did not use the payments for her daughter. The maximum penalty for this count includes 5 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Areli Gallardo, age 28, is charged in a four-count Indictment. Count I of the Indictment charges Gallardo with misuse of a Social Security Number on or about June 23, 2008. The maximum penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a fine of $250,000, followed by a term of supervised release of 3 years, and a special assessment of $100. Count II charges that on or about June 23, 2008, Gallardo used a Social Security Card knowing that said document was not issued lawfully for her use. The maximum possible penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count III alleges Gallardo falsely claimed United States Citizenship on or about June 23, 2008. If convicted the maximum possible penalty includes 3 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, 1 year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count IV of the Indictment charges Gallardo with misuse of a Social Security Number on or about June 23, 2008, in preparation of an IRS Form W-4. The maximum penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a fine of $250,000, followed by a term of supervised release of 3 years, and a special assessment of $100.
* Miguel Angel Garcia-Morales, age 24, of Omaha, is charged in a three-count Indictment. Count I of the Indictment charges Garcia-Morales with misuse of a Social Security Number on or about September 23, 2008. The maximum penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a fine of $250,000, followed by a term of supervised release of 3 years, and a special assessment of $100. Count II charges that on or about September 23, 2008, Garcia-Morales used a Social Security Card knowing that said document was not issued lawfully for his use. The maximum possible penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count III alleges Garcia-Morales falsely claimed United States Citizenship on or about September 23, 2008. If convicted the maximum possible penalty includes 3 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, 1 year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Craig Grimes, age 35, of Omaha, is charged with being in possession of a Rossi Model M971, .357 caliber revolver on or about March 15, 2012, after having been convicted of a felony, to wit: conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana. The maximum possible penalty includes imprisonment of 10 years, a $250,000 fine, a 3 year term of supervised release and a $100 special assessment.
* Regulo Hernandez-Garcia, age 50, is charged with illegal reentry into the United States on or before April 3, 2012, following deportation as an aggravated felon. The maximum possible penalty if convicted includes imprisonment of 20 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges that on or about July 10, 2007, Hernandez-Garcia used a Social Security Card knowing that said document was not issued lawfully for his use. The maximum possible penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count III of the Indictment charges Hernandez-Garcia with misuse of a Social Security Number on or about July 10, 2007. The maximum penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a fine of $250,000, followed by a term of supervised release of 3 years, and a special assessment of $100. Count IV alleges Hernandez-Garcia falsely claimed United States Citizenship on or about July 10, 2007. If convicted the maximum possible penalty includes 3 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, 1 year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Victoria Juarez-Hernandez, age 28, is charged in a five-count Indictment. Count I of the Indictment charges Juarez-Hernandez with misuse of a Social Security Number on or about July 26, 2011. The maximum penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a fine of $250,000, followed by a term of supervised release of 3 years, and a special assessment of $100. Count II alleges Juarez-Hernandez falsely claimed United States Citizenship on or about July 26, 2011. If convicted the maximum possible penalty includes 3 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, 1 year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Counts III and IV of the Indictment charge Juarez-Hernandez with two incidents of misuse of a Social Security Number on or about July 26, 2011. The maximum penalty for each count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a fine of $250,000, followed by a term of supervised release of 3 years, and a special assessment of $100. In Count V Juarez-Hernandez is charged with illegal reentry into the United States on or before April 3, 2012, after deportation or removal. The maximum possible penalty if convicted includes imprisonment of 2 years, a $250,000 fine, 1 year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Crystal Lankford, age 35, of Seward, Nebraska, is charged with embezzling approximately $661,765 from on or about April 12, 2006, to on or about September 20, 2011, from the H.B.E. Credit Union. The maximum possible penalty if convicted, includes imprisonment of 30 years, a $1,000,000 fine, a 5 year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Joe Lopez, also known as Joseph Lopez, age 35, of Omaha, is charged in a three count indictment. Count I alleges that on or about March 8, 2012, the defendant distributed 5 grams or more of actual methamphetamine. The maximum possible penalty includes imprisonment of not less than 5 years and up to 40 years, a $5 million fine, a 5 year term of supervised release and a $100 special assessment. Count II alleges that on or about March 19, 2012, the defendant distributed a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. The maximum possible penalty includes imprisonment of up to 20 years, a $1 million fine, a 5 year term of supervised release and a $100 special assessment. Count III alleges that on or about March 19, 2012, the defendant possessed with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine. The maximum possible penalty includes imprisonment of not less than 10 years and up to life, a $10 million fine, a 5 year term of supervised release and a $100 special assessment. The indictment also alleges any and all property constituting or derived from any proceeds obtained directly or indirectly as a result of the violations alleged in the indictment, including but not limited to $6,920.00 in United States currency seized on March 19, 2012, should be forfeited to the United States.
* Miguel Del Angel Lopez-Canales, age 31, of Omaha, is charged in a three-count Indictment. Count I charges that on or about September 18, 2009, Lopez-Canales misused a social security card and a Nebraska Identification Card to meet a requirement of the employment verification system in the United States. The maximum possible penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II of the Indictment charges Lopez-Canales with misuse of a Social Security Number on or about September 18, 2009. The maximum penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a fine of $250,000, followed by a term of supervised release of 3 years, and a special assessment of $100. Count III alleges Lopez-Canales falsely claimed United States Citizenship on or about September 18, 2009. If convicted the maximum possible penalty includes 3 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, 1 year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Carlos Lopez-Zacharias, age 35, of Omaha, is charged with illegal reentry into the United States on or before March 26, 2012, after deportation or removal. The maximum possible penalty if convicted includes imprisonment of 2 years, a $250,000 fine, 1 year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Miguel Marino-Adame, age 35, of Columbus, Nebraska, is charged with illegal reentry into the United States on or before March 24, 2012, following deportation as a felon. The maximum possible penalty if convicted includes imprisonment of 10 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Austreberto Martinez-Aguilera, age 23, is charged in a one-count Indictment with misuse of a Social Security Number on or about July 9, 2010. The maximum penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a fine of $250,000, followed by a term of supervised release of 3 years, and a special assessment of $100.
* Raul Martinez-Nicolasa, age 26, of Omaha, is charged in a one-count Indictment. Count I charges that on or about April 9, 2012, Martinez-Nicolasa misused a social security card and a Permanent Resident Card to meet a requirement of the employment verification system in the United States. The maximum possible penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 10 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Marco Mejia, age 29, of Omaha, is charged in a one-count Indictment with misuse of a Social Security Number on or about June 12, 2007. The maximum penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a fine of $250,000, followed by a term of supervised release of 3 years, and a special assessment of $100.
* Eduardo Navarrette-Sanchez, age 43, and Mariel Navarrette-Fimbres, age 40, both of Council Bluffs, Iowa are charged in a four-count Indictment. All four counts charge that between on or about September 1, 2011, and up to and including March 30, 2012, Navarrette-Sanchez and Navarrette-Fimbres harbored illegal aliens in the United States for the purpose of commercial advantage and private gain, by employing the illegal aliens as construction workers. The maximum possible penalty for each count includes 10 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a 3 year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Sebastian Nicolas, age 33, is charged in a five-count Indictment. Counts I through III of the Indictment charge Nicolas with misuse of a Social Security Number on or about July 13, 2011; July 13, 2011; and February 7, 2012, respectively. The maximum penalty for each of these counts include imprisonment of 5 years, a fine of $250,000, followed by a term of supervised release of 3 years, and a special assessment of $100. Count IV charges that on or about July 13, 2011, Nicolas used a South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles Identification Card and a Social Security Card knowing that said documents were not issued lawfully for his use. The maximum possible penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count V alleges Nicolas falsely claimed United States Citizenship on or about July 13, 2011. If convicted the maximum possible penalty includes 3 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, 1 year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Richard A. Odermatt, age 61, of Ashland, Nebraska, is charged in a one-count Indictment. Count I of the indictment alleges from between approximately April 2009 through July 2011, Odermatt, an officer and owner of Odermatt Floor Covering, Inc., embezzled premiums that were withheld from employee paychecks and intended to be paid to employee pension benefit plan, an employee health insurance plan, and an employee disability policy. The maximum possible penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Miguel Ortiz-Estrada, age 29, is charged with illegal reentry into the United States on or before April 1, 2012, after deportation or removal. The maximum possible penalty if convicted includes imprisonment of 2 years, a $250,000 fine, 1 year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Ivon Piza, age 24, is charged in a five-count Indictment. Count I of the Indictment charges Piza with misuse of a Social Security Number on or about May 19, 2009. The maximum penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a fine of $250,000, followed by a term of supervised release of 3 years, and a special assessment of $100. Count II alleges Piza falsely claimed United States Citizenship on or about December 18, 2009. If convicted the maximum possible penalty includes 3 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, 1 year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Counts III and IV of the Indictment charge Piza with two incidents of misuse of a Social Security Number on or about December 18, 2009. The maximum penalty for each count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a fine of $250,000, followed by a term of supervised release of 3 years, and a special assessment of $100. Count V charges that on or about December 18, 2009, Piza used a Illinois Identification Card and a Social Security Card knowing that said documents were not issued lawfully for her use. The maximum possible penalty for this count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Mario Noe Ramos-Gonzalez, age 40, of Omaha, is charged with illegal reentry into the United States on and before March 24, 2012, following deportation as an aggravated felon. The maximum possible penalty if convicted includes imprisonment of 20 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Jaime Rodriguez-Ayala, also known as Gallo, age 38, of Omaha, Edgar Javier Velazquez-Corrales, of Omaha, Conrado Garcia-Alvarez, and Reynaldo Salazar-Vega are charged with conspiring together and with others to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, 500 grams or more of cocaine, and less than 50 kilograms of marijuana beginning from an unknown date but at least as early as on or about March 14, 2012, and continuing through on or about March 28, 2012. The maximum possible penalty includes imprisonment of not less than 10 years and up to life, a $10 million fine, a 5 year term of supervised release and a $100 special assessment.
* Joel Rodriguez-Sanchez, age 32, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, is charged with illegal reentry into the United States on or before March 30, 2012, after deportation or removal. The maximum possible penalty if convicted includes imprisonment of 2 years, a $250,000 fine, 1 year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Hermilo Rogel-Pedrosa, age 36, is charged with illegal reentry into the United States on or before February 3, 2012, following deportation as an aggravated felon. The maximum possible penalty if convicted includes imprisonment of 20 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Michael M. Russell, age 49, and Laurie L. Russell, age 51, both of Lincoln, are charged in a four-count indictment. Michael M. Russell and Laurie L. Russell, owners of North Country Windows, Inc., are charged in all four counts with failure to pay to the Internal Revenue Service the federal income taxes and the Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes that were withheld from employees, for the quarter ending March 31, 2006; the quarter ending June 30, 2006; the quarter ending September 30, 2006; and the quarter ending December 31, 2006, respectively, for a total amount of approximately $311,486.21. The maximum possible penalty for each count includes imprisonment of 5 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Javier Valenzuela-Soto, age 41, is charged with illegal reentry into the United States on or before March 3, 2012, following deportation as a felon. The maximum possible penalty if convicted includes imprisonment of 10 years, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Apolonio Vasquez-Vargas, age 45, is charged with illegal reentry into the United States on or before April 2, 2012, after deportation or removal. The maximum possible penalty if convicted includes imprisonment of 2 years, a $250,000 fine, 1 year of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
