Omaha Man Sentenced to 26 Years for Possessing a Firearm while Distributing Methamphetamine

United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Jayson Yanes, 40, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm During a Drug Trafficking Crime. United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Yanes to 26 years’ imprisonment. Yanes faced a mandatory minimum 25-year sentence due to a prior federal conviction for Possession of a Firearm During a Drug Trafficking Crime. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing his term of imprisonment, Yanes will be required to serve a 5-year term of supervised release.   

On August 1, 2018, Omaha Police Officers executed a search warrant at Yanes’ South Omaha residence.  Officers recovered drug paraphernalia, approximately 11 grams of actual methamphetamine, and a firearm within arm’s reach of the methamphetamine. Yanes admitted that the firearm and the methamphetamine were his and that he had been selling methamphetamine for the previous 6 months.

This case was investigated by the Omaha Police Department.