Grand Jury - September 2022

Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 21 unsealed Indictments charging 23 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.

*          Oscar Aguilar Pablo, age 37, of Crete, Nebraska, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about September 14, 2022.  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.

*          Jaime Alcala-Robles, age 45, is charged with illegal reentry of a removed alien after having been convicted of a felony on or about August 30, 2022.  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. 

*          Sarah Nichole Baldwin, age 30, is charged with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) on or about February 10, 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. 

*          Daniel Conseco-Gallegos, age 27, of Omaha, is charged with illegal reentry of a removed alien after having been convicted of a felony on or about May 21, 2022.  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 Pablo Cobarruvias-Ozuna, age 32, of Omaha, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about January 5, 2022.  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.

*          Jason Felder, age 41, of Omaha, is charged in a two-count Indictment.  Count I charges Felder with Attempted Bank Robbery on or about August 10, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is not less than 10 years’ and not more than 25 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges Felder with possession of a stolen firearm on or about August 10, 2022.  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

*          Adriana Gonzalez, age 32, of San Ysidro, California, and Ildefonso Rivera-Leon, age 51, of San Ysidro, California, are charged with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 100 grams of fentanyl on or about August 18, 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. There is also an allegation to forfeit $2,900 in United States currency seized on or about August 18, 2022.

*          Robert T. Jaeger, age 44, is charged in a two-count Indictment.  Count I charges Jaeger with a felon in possession of a firearm on or about August 23, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges Jaeger with receipt or possession of an unregistered firearm on or about August 23, 2022.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $10,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. 

*          Jonny P. Jones, age 32, of Omaha, is charged in a three-count Indictment.  Count I charges Jones with possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) on or about May 8, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is not less than 5 years’ and up to 40 years’ imprisonment, a $5,000,000 fine, not less than four-years and up to life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges Jones with possession of a firearm during drug trafficking crime on or about May 8, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is not less than 5 years’ imprisonment up to life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a five-years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count III charges Jones with a felon in possession of a firearm on or about May 8, 2022.  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. 

*          Miguel Lobano-Diaz, age 35, of Omaha, is charged in a two-count Indictment.  Count I charges Lobano-Diaz with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) on or about August 10, 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 Lobano-Diaz with possession with intent to distribute cocaine on or about August 10, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, not less than three-years and up to life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment

*          Alberto Mejia, age 34, of Omaha, is charged with possession of visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct on or about May 17, 2022.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, not less than five-years and up to life term of supervised release, and $22,100 in special assessments. 

*          Werner Monterroso-Monterroso, age 26, of Schuyler, Nebraska, is charged in a five-count Indictment.  Count I charges Monterroso-Monterroso with unlawful transfer of a document or authentication feature on or about April 22, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is 15 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, three-years term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges Monterroso-Monterroso with sale of a card purporting to be a social security card on or about April 22, 2022.  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.  Count III charges Monterroso-Monterroso with unlawful transfer of a document or authentication feature on or about June 8, 2022.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 15 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count IV charges Monterroso-Monterroso with sale of a card purporting to be a social security card on or about June 8, 2022.  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. Count V charges Monterroso-Monterroso with possession with intent to use or transfer five or more documents or authentication features on or about August 24, 2022.  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.

*          Travis Nyhoff, age 40, is charged with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) on or about September 21, 2021.  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. 

*          Ecclesiast Oliver, age 69, is charged with assault on a federal employee on or about September 18, 2022.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 8 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. 

*          Rocky J. Patterson, age 68, is charged in a two-count Indictment.  Count I charges Patterson with a felon in possession of a firearm on or about August 3, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is 15 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges Patterson with unlawfully taking a firearm from a federal firearms licensed business on or about August 3, 2022.  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. 

*          Scott Matthew Simmons, age 42, of Grand Island, Nebraska, and Scott Lee Meyer, age 33, of Grand Island, Nebraska, are charged in an eight-count Indictment.  Count I charges Simmons and Meyer with conspiracy to produce child pornography beginning on or about 2018 and continuing to on or about August 15, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is not less than 25 years’ and not more than 50 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, not less than five-year up to life supervised release, and a $55,100 special assessment.  Count II charges Simmons and Meyer with committing Count I while on the sex-offender registry beginning on or about 2018 and continuing to on or about August 15, 2022.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment consecutive to Count I, a $250,000 fine, not less than five-years up to life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment   Count III charges Meyer with production of child pornography beginning on or about 2018 and continuing to on or about August 15, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is not less than 25 years’ and not more than 50 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, not less than five-year up to life supervised release, and a 55,100 special assessment.  Count IV charges Meyer with committing Count III while on the sex-offender registry beginning on or about 2018 and continuing to on or about August 15, 2022.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment consecutive to Count I, a $250,000 fine, not less than five-years up to life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment   Count V charges Simmons with production of child pornography beginning on or about 2018 and continuing to on or about August 15, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is not less than 25 years’ and not more than 50 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, not less than five-year up to life supervised release, and a $55,100 special assessment.  Count VI charges Simmons with committing Count III while on the sex-offender registry beginning on or about 2018 and continuing to on or about August 15, 2022.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment consecutive to Count I, a $250,000 fine, not less than five-years up to life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count VII charges Meyer with possession of child pornography beginning on or about August 25, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is not less than 25 years’ and not more than 50 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, not less than five-year up to life supervised release, and a $55,100 special assessment.  Count VIII charges Simmons with possession of child pornography beginning on or about August 26, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is not less than 25 years’ and not more than 50 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, not less than five-year up to life supervised release, and a $55,100 special assessment.

*          Mark A. Smith, age 49, of Omaha, is charged in a three-count Indictment.  Count I charges Smith with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) on or about July 16, 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 Smith with possession of a firearm during drug trafficking crime on or about July16, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is not less than 5 years’ imprisonment up to life imprisonment consecutive, a $250,000 fine, a five-years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count III charges Smith with a felon in possession of a firearm on or about July 16, 2022.  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. 

*          Edward Smith, age 22, of Omaha, is charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person on or about July 22, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is 15 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. 

*          Kyrell Wells, age 19, of Omaha, is charged in a two-count Indictment.  Count I charges Wells with a felon in possession of a firearm on or about July 8, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is 15 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges Wells with a felon in possession of a firearm on or about August 11, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is 15 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.

*          Steven R. Windoloski, age 32, is charged with possession with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine on or about August 11, 2021.  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. There is also an allegation to forfeit any property.

*          Alma L. Zapien, age 51, of Omaha, is charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering beginning on or about April 20, 2022 and continuing through June 30, 2022.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $500,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.