Omaha Man Sentenced to 152 Months For Possession of Methamphetamine and Firearm

Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Eric K. Rose, 36, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Rose to a total of 152 months’ imprisonment.  There is no parole in the federal system.  After his release from prison, he will begin a four-year term of supervised release.

On January 26, 2022, Rose was staying at the Towne Place Suites Marriott in Omaha. Omaha police narcotics detectives, knowing he was staying there, served a search warrant on his room.  Inside the room, officers located two ounces of methamphetamine, a drug ledger with “Rose” written on it, 15 live 9mm bullets, $3,000 cash, baggies, and a digital scale with methamphetamine residue.  The officers also searched an SUV in the parking lot and located a Smith & Wesson SD40 handgun, a loaded magazine for the gun, and $635 cash. Rose admitted the methamphetamine and gun were his and he confessed to dealing methamphetamine. In particular, he asked his wife to bring the gun to the hotel because his methamphetamine supplier was looking to collect a drug debt.

The $3,635 constitutes drug proceeds or was used to facilitate Rose’s drug trafficking and that has been forfeited to the United States.

This case was investigated by the Omaha Police Department.