Omaha Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Firearms and Drug Trafficking Crimes

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Latrell Knight, 20, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on September 25, 2025, in federal court in Omaha for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl analogue, distribution of fentanyl analogue, and possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Knight to 120 months’ imprisonment on the conspiracy charge, 87 months’ imprisonment on the distribution charge to be served concurrently, and a consecutive 60-month term of imprisonment on the firearm charge, for a total sentence of 180 months. There is no parole in the federal system. After Knight’s release from prison, he will begin a 5-year term of supervised release. 

In 2024, Federal Bureau of Investigations 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 Knight’s 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 during a drug deal on May 6 and a Glock 17 9mm handgun to the CS on July 11. In total about 1,616 M-30 pills were sold to the CS as part of the conspiracy.

Both were arrested on January 23, 2025.

Knight’s co-conspirator, Jackson, pleaded guilty to distribution and conspiracy to distribute fentanyl analogue.  He was sentenced on August 15, 2025, to 120 months’ imprisonment on the conspiracy charge and 70 months’ imprisonment on the distribution charge, both sentences were ordered to run concurrently.

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.