Grand Jury - December 2021

Acting United States Attorney Jan W. Sharp announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 19 unsealed Indictments charging 21 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.

*          Alejandro Alvarado, age 23, of Lincoln, Nebraska, is charged with felon in possession of a firearm on or about November 10, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. 

*          Kalem L. Barber, age 23, is charged in a two-count Indictment.  Count I charges Barber with distributing explosive materials by a non-licensee on or about September 1, 2021 and continuing through December 2, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges Barber with unlawful distribution of explosive materials to a minor on or about September 1, 2021 and continuing through December 2, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. 

*          Kenneth W. Blair, III, age 41, of Lincoln, Nebraska, is charged in a four-count Indictment. Count I charges Blair with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine on or about November 18, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges Blair with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime on or about November 18, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 5 years’ imprisonment consecutive to Count I, a $250,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count III charges Blair with felon in possession of a firearm on or about November 18, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count IV charges Blair with distribution of 500 grams or more of methamphetamine on or about November 11, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  There is also an allegation to forfeit United States currency seized on or about November 18, 2021.   

*          Racheal A. Cain, age 34, of Omaha, and Andrew M. Sackett, age 57, of Omaha, are charged in a five-count Indictment. Count I charges Cain and Sackett with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine on or about September 23, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 40 years’ imprisonment, a $5,000,000 fine, a four-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges both with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine on or about September 23, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 40 years’ imprisonment, a $5,000,000 fine, a four-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count III charges both with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime on or about September 23, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is at least 5 years’ imprisonment consecutive to Counts I and II, a $250,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count IV charges Cain with felon in possession of a firearm on or about September 23, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count V charges Sackett with felon in possession of a firearm on or about September 23, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  There is also an allegation to forfeit United States currency seized on or about September 23, 2021.   

*          James Ferman Chatman, age 42, is charged in a six-count Indictment.  Count I charges Chatman with sex trafficking of a minor or by force, fraud, or coercion on or about September 21, 2021 and continuing to on or about September 25, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and a $5,000 additional special assessment. Count II charges Chatman with sex trafficking of a minor or by force-financial benefit on or about September 21, 2021 and continuing to on or about September 25, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and a $5,000 additional special assessment.  Count III charges Chatman with sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion on or about November 6, 2021 and continuing to on or about November 21, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and a $5,000 additional special assessment.  Count IV charges Chatman with sex trafficking by force-financial benefit on or about November 6, 2021 and continuing to on or about November 21, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and a $5,000 additional special assessment.  Count V charges Chatman with offense against a minor while required to register as a sex offender on or about September 21, 2021 and continuing to on or about September 25, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, to run consecutive to count I.  Count VI charges Chatman with offense against a minor while required to register as a sex offender on or about September 21, 2021 and continuing to on or about September 25, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, to run consecutive to count II.  There is also an allegation to forfeit United States currency seized on or about September 25, 2021.

*          Misael Flores Trejo, age 39, is charged with reentry of a removed alien after an aggravated felony on or about December 3, 2021. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.

*          Miguel Garcia-Reynoso, age 35, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about August 7, 2019 and continuing through on or about November 22, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 2 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.

*          Alejandro Garcia-Ojeda, age 29, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about November 17, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 2 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.

*          Ana Gomez-Tino, age 25, is charged in a two-count Indictment.  Count I charges Gomez-Tino with use of an identification document not lawfully issued on or about December 31, 2018.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges her with misuse of a social security number on or about December 31, 2018.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.   

*          Sheri Ann Griego, age 40, of Thornton, Colorado, and Daniel M. Gutirez, age 41, of Aurora, Colorado, are charged in a three-count Indictment. Count I charges Griego and Gutirez with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine on or about December 1, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges Griego with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime on or about December 1, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment consecutive to Count I, a $250,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count III charges Gutirez with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime on or about December 1, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment consecutive to Count I, a $250,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. 

*          Dagoberto Jimenez-Gonzalez, age 47, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about December 6, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 2 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.

*          Spencer Lile, age 42, of Exeter, Nebraska, is charged in a two-count Indictment.  Count I charges Lile with receipt of child pornography between on or about October 24, 2018 and continuing to on or about August 4, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and a $40,000 additional special assessment.  Count II charges Lile with possession of child pornography on or about August 4, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and a $22,000 additional special assessment.   

*          Marco Polo Lizarraga-Almaral, age 44, is charged with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine on or about September 16, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 40 years’ imprisonment, a 5,000,000 fine, a four-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. 

*          Kyle Moore, age 30, of Omaha, is charged in a two-count Indictment.  Count I charges Moore with felon in possession of ammunition on or about November 28, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges him with possession of ammunition following a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence on or about November 28, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. 

*          Claude Parker, age 28, of Omaha, is charged with felon in possession of ammunition on or about October 27, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. 

*          Jose Sanchez Escamilla a/k/a Antonio Ramirez-Sanchez, age 37, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about November 30, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 2 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.

*          Jean Thomas, age 55, of Gering, Nebraska, is charged in a six-count Indictment.  Counts I through VI charge Thomas with theft of US Mail by Postal Employee on or about April 22, 2021 and continuing through August 7, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted for each count is 5 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. 

*          Michael Eugene West, age 39, is charged with possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) on or about July 25, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 40 years’ imprisonment, a $5,000,000 fine, a four-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. 

*          Kylah Whiting, age 19, of Winner, South Dakota, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges Whiting with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (mixture) on or about October 17, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges the defendant with use of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime on or about October 17, 2021.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment consecutive to Count I, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.