Omaha 19-year-old Sentenced in Fentanyl Analogue Conspiracy

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Dale Jackson, 19, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on August 15, 2025, in federal court in Omaha for distribution and conspiracy to distribute fentanyl analogue. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., sentenced Jackson to 120 months’ imprisonment on the conspiracy charge and 70 months on the distribution charge, both sentences will run concurrently. There is no parole in the federal system. After Jackson’s release from prison, he will begin a 5-year term of supervised release.

In 2024, the Federal Bureau of Investigation determined that associates and co-conspirators Latrell Knight and Dale Jackson were receiving “M-30” pills from a common drug supplier and selling them. “M-30” pills are frequently counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and analogues of fentanyl.

Between April 17, 2024, through September 10, 2024, Knight and Jackson sold a confidential source (CS) M-30 pills. These transactions would occur outside of Knights residence and at a Casey’s gas station near 72nd and Grover streets in Omaha. Knight and Jackson would sell together and separately. In addition to the pills, Knight sold a DB9 9mm handgun to the CS on May 6 and a Glock 17 9mm handgun to the CS on July 11. Jackson communicated via text message with the CS on July 11 telling the CS that Jackson had arranged for a $1,000 transaction with a drug supplier for the CS, but the transaction did not occur on that day. Twice Jackson shorted the CS 50 M-30 pills. In total about 1,616 M-30 pills were sold to the CS as part of the conspiracy.

Jackson’s cellphones were seized and searched on December 30, 2024, pursuant to a search warrant and their contents revealed a pattern of fentanyl sales that included at least 84 M-30 pills separate from the controlled buys. The contents also revealed conversations with the common supplier pertaining to obtaining more M-30 pills.

Both were arrested on January 23, 2025.

Knight pled guilty to drug conspiracy, drug distribution, and possession of a firearm in the furtherance of drug trafficking. He will be sentenced on September 25, 2025.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Omaha Police Department.