Lincoln Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Carlos Aldalberto Hernandez, Jr., 31, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on July 24, 2025, in federal court in Lincoln for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine mixture. United States District Judge Susan M. Bazis sentenced Hernandez to 120 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Hernandez’s release from prison, he will begin a five-year term of supervised release.

In April and May of 2024, a confidential informant made a total of four purchases of methamphetamine from two of Hernandez’s housemates in Lincoln.  Those purchases ranged from approximately ¼ ounce up to approximately ½ ounce of methamphetamine.  The last of those purchases occurred on May 6, 2024.  A search warrant was executed at Hernandez’s residence on that date. During that search, investigators found a cardboard box containing 14 baggies of methamphetamine in Hernandez’s bedroom.  Additional smaller amounts of methamphetamine were found throughout the house.  The total amount of methamphetamine found was approximately 610 grams.  One of Hernandez’s co-conspirators had an additional ½ ounce of methamphetamine in his vehicle. Three of the baggies found in the house were analyzed for purity and were found to contain at least 170 grams of actual methamphetamine.   A cooperating witness told investigators that Hernandez had been living at the house for about six weeks prior to the search and was a source of methamphetamine for other residents of the house.

This case was investigated by the Lincoln/Lancaster County Drug Task Force.