Grand Jury-May 2023

United States Attorney Steven Russell announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned ten unsealed Indictments charging ten 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.

*          Fernando Aguirre-Quintero, age 24, is charged with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine on or about March 1, 2023.  The penalty if convicted is not less than 5 years’ and up to 40 years’ imprisonment, a $5,000,000 fine, a four-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. 

Contact Drug Enforcement Unit Chief Susan Lehr at 402-661-3700 for further information.

*          Danielle Cleary, age 28, of Bancroft, Nebraska, is charged in a two-count Indictment.  Count I charges Cleary with assault resulting in serious bodily injury on the Omaha Indian Reservation on or about January 11, 2023.  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 Cleary with child abuse on the Omaha Indian Reservation on or about January 11, 2023.  The penalty if convicted is 3 years’ imprisonment, a $10,000 fine, an eighteen-month term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  

Contact Criminal Chief Michael Norris at 402-661-3700 for further information.

*          Jeffrey Edwards, age 66, of Omaha, is charged in a sixteen-count Indictment.  Counts I through IX charge Edwards with healthcare fraud between on or about 2010 and continuing to on or about 2019.  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.  Counts X through XIII charge Edwards with controlled substance prescribed outside the usual course of medical practice between on or about 2010 and continuing to on or about 2019.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, a not less than three-years’ and up to life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Counts XIV through XVI charge Edwards with false statements relating to health care matters on or about February 15, 2018 and continuing to on or about November 19, 2018.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 5 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, a $100 special assessment.

*          Marcus Green, age 41, is charged in a three-count Indictment.  Count I charges Green with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine on or about July 1, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges Green with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense on or about July 1, 2022.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is not less than 5 years’ and up to life imprisonment to run consecutive imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count III charges Green with prohibited person in possession of a firearm on or about July 1, 2022.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is not less than 15 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  

Contact Drug Enforcement Unit Chief Susan Lehr at 402-661-3700 for further information.

*          Robert Vincent Harris, age 56, of Lincoln, Nebraska, is charged in a two-count Indictment.  Count I charges Harris with distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury on or about February 14, 2023.  The penalty if convicted is not less than 20 years’ and up to life imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, a three-year and up to life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges Harris with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl on or about February 14, 2023 and continuing until February 15, 2023.  The penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.   

Contact Drug Enforcement Unit Chief Susan Lehr at 402-661-3700 for further information.

*          Alejandro Hernandez-Hernandez, a/k/a Alejandro Hernandez, age 37, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about May 9, 2023.  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.

Contact Criminal Chief Michael Norris at 402-661-3700 for further information.

*          Robert Johnson, age 39, is charged in a two-count Indictment.  Count I charges Johnson with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine on or about July 1, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is not less than 10 years’ and up to life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, not less than five-years and up to life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges Johnson with possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense on or about July 1, 2022.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is not less than 5 years’ and up to life imprisonment to run consecutive imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, not less than five-years and up to life term of supervised release consecutive, and a $100 special assessment. 

Contact Drug Enforcement Unit Chief Susan Lehr at 402-661-3700 for further information.

*          Riek J. Kuany, age 24, is charged in a four-count Indictment.  Count I charges Kuany with Bank Robbery on or about April 6, 2023.  The penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges Kuany with brandishing a weapon to commit a federal crime of violence on or about April 6, 2023.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is not less than 7 years’ and up to life imprisonment to run consecutive imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release consecutive, and a $100 special assessment.  Count III charges Kuany with Bank Robbery on or about April 11, 2023.  The penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-years term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count IV charges Kuany with brandishing a weapon to commit a federal crime of violence on or about April 22, 2023.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is not less than 7 years’ and up to life imprisonment to run consecutive imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release consecutive, and a $100 special assessment. 

Contact Criminal Chief Michael Norris at 402-661-3700 for further information.

*          Kevin Radik, age 37, of Papillion, Nebraska, is charged with delay or destruction of mail beginning on or about December 1, 2022 and continuing through on or about March 16, 2023.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 5 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. 

Contact Criminal Chief Michael Norris at 402-661-3700 for further information.

*          Allan Onelio Velasquez-Velasquez, age 47, is charged with illegal reentry of a removed alien after a felony conviction beginning on or about May 10, 2023.  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. 

Contact Criminal Chief Michael Norris at 402-661-3700 for further information.