Man Sentenced for Firearm and Drug Trafficking Crimes

Acting United States Attorney Matthew R. Molsen announced that Robert Johnson, age 40, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on April 24, 2025, in federal court in Omaha for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Johnson to 240 months’ imprisonment on the drug charge and a consecutive 60 months’ imprisonment on the firearm charge, for a total sentence of 300 months. Seven-thousand dollars was forfeited to the United States as drug proceeds. There is no parole in the federal system. After Johnson is released from prison, he will begin a 5-year term of supervised release.

On January 17, 2023, Omaha DEA received an anonymous tip that Robert Johnson (“RJ”) was selling fentanyl pills and methamphetamine in the Omaha area.  On April 19, 2023, a federal search warrant was executed on Johnson’s home in Omaha that he shared with codefendant Whitney Washington.  Law enforcement recovered methamphetamine, fentanyl pills, a Taurus 9mm handgun, $7,000 in drug proceeds and narcotics trafficking paraphernalia. Investigators determined that Robert Johnson, along with Tijuana L. Johnson, were mailing the narcotics from Arizona to Omaha to be distributed.

Codefendant Tijuana L. Johnson was sentenced on January 29, 2025, to 120 months’ incarceration after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl.

Codefendant Whitney Washington was sentenced on March 27, 2025, to 63 months’ incarceration after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl.

This case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service and Drug Enforcement Administration.