December Grand Jury

United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 5 indictments charging 5 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.

*          Khalif Alogba, age 29, of Newport, Minnesota, is charged with use of a counterfeit access device on or about September 3, 2015. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a 3 year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.

*          Oscar Alonzo Batres,  age 43, of Omaha, is charged with illegal reentry into the United States on or about November 16, 2015, following deportation. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 2 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a 1 year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.

*          Brett Booker, age 21, is charged in a six-count Indictment.  Count I of the Indictment charges the defendant with distribution and possession with intent to distribute ethylone, Xanax and marijuana from on or about October 27, 2015 to on or about November 24, 2015.    The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, a 3 year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II of the Indictment charges Booker with felon in possession of a firearm on or about November 24, 2015.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a 3 year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count III of the Indictment charges the defendant with user in possession of a firearm on or about November 24, 2015.   The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a 3 year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Counts IV, V, and VI allege that Booker committed the offenses in Count I, II, and III while released on conditions in a separate case.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a 3 year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment for each count. The indictment also alleges any and all property, real or personal, that constitutes or is derived, directory or indirectly, as a result of the allegations in Court I of this Indictment, should be forfeited to the United States.  

*          Abraham Gamez, age 43, of Lincoln, is charged in a two-count Indictment.  Count I of the Indictment alleges that on or about January 30, 2015, the defendant falsely represented a Social Security account number as belonging to him for the purpose of obtaining a benefit to which he was not entitled.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 5 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a 3 year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.   Count II of the Indictment alleges on or about January 30, 2015, Gamez used a Permanent Resident Alien card knowing said document was not issued lawfully for his use.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 5 years imprisonment, a fine of $250,000, a 3 year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. 

*          Semiu Shokunbi, age 42, of Kent, United Kingdom, is charged with use of a counterfeit access device on or about October 10, 2015. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a 3 year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.