Omaha Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy and Possession of a Firearm

Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Glenn Lemar Cass, 52, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Omaha by United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher for Conspiracy to Distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl and Possessing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. Cass was sentenced to 120 months in prison and will also serve 5 years on supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.

On Dec. 29, 2021, the Omaha Police Department executed a search warrant on Cass’s North Omaha residence. Officers encountered Cass in the main floor hallway and secured him in handcuffs. Officers searched the residence and found 164 grams of fentanyl, a loaded .40 caliber handgun, and drug dealing paraphernalia in Cass’s bedroom closet. In the basement, officers located 782 grams of marijuana, 8.9 grams of heroin, more than 6 grams of fentanyl and $23,411.  The money was found to be drug trafficking proceeds and forfeited to the United States at sentencing. 

This case was investigated by the Omaha Police Department.