Omaha Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl Pills

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Zacharie Stinson, 31, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced September 24, 2024, in federal court in Omaha for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Stinson to 57 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Stinson’s release from prison, he will begin a 3-year term of supervised release.

On three occasions in March and April of 2023, DEA agents and task force officers saw Stinson meet with an individual who later sold fentanyl pills to a cooperator and an undercover agent. On April 7, 2023, agents executed a search warrant at Stinson’s residence in Omaha. Inside, agents found approximately 250 fentanyl pills. Agents also recovered approximately 135 fentanyl pills from Stinson’s person. During a post-Miranda interview, Stinson admitted that he was a fentanyl pill user who had started selling pills within the last year. Stinson told agents that he would purchase approximately 500 pills every two weeks and sell some to other people.

Co-defendants Rafael Magana and Lucas Ehly, both 31 and from Omaha, have pleaded guilty and are scheduled to be sentenced in December.

This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Metro Drug Task Force.