Omaha Man Sentenced to 300 Months for Methamphetamine Conspiracy

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Jason E. Pemberton, 51, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on November 19, 2025, in federal court in Omaha for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.  United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Pemberton to 300 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Pemberton’s release from prison, he will begin a 10-year term of supervised release. 

In December of 2023, the Department of Homeland Security Investigations Special Agents identified Pemberton as a narcotics distributor with a residence near 88th Plaza and Boyd Street, Omaha, and began a surveillance operation.  On January 11, 2024, agents saw Pemberton leave his residence driving a Hyundai Veloster. They followed him to a McDonald’s parking lot where he parked and his co-defendant got out of a parked Chevy Silverado, approached Pemberton, and handed him a black backpack containing methamphetamine. Both vehicles departed immediately after the exchange.

Agents and local law enforcement officers followed Pemberton onto I-80, westbound. Officers saw Pemberton violate traffic laws while driving near mile marker 412, activated their emergency lights, and attempted to conduct a traffic stop but Pemberton did not stop. He fled, reaching speeds of up to 110 MPH, and threw the backpack out the vehicle window. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle by deploying stop strips, but Pemberton made a U-turn and fled the wrong way down an interstate on-ramp near Lincoln, Nebraska, eventually lost control, crashed, and ran before officer took him into custody.

The backpack contained multiple bags of methamphetamine with a gross of weight of 11 pounds.

Later, on the same day of January 11, 2024, agents and officers served a search warrant at Pemberton’s residence.  During the search, they seized 36 plastic bags of methamphetamine with a gross weight of 32.06 pounds. During the residential search, agents also found a digital scale, packaging materials, two cell phones, and a money counter.

On January 16 and 17, 2024, agents interviewed two known associates of Pemberton who both said Pemberton had been distributing methamphetamine and is affiliated with a Mexican drug trafficking organization.

The co-defendant in this case is similarly charged for his role the conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine as well as a separate conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens for commercial advantage and private financial gain. His cases are ongoing.

This case was investigated by the Homeland Security Investigations Task Force.