Omaha Man Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl

Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Jerrell Jackson, 34, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on September 6, 2023, in federal court in Omaha for distributing fentanyl.  United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Jackson to 54 months in prison.  There is no parole in the federal system.  After Jackson’s release from prison, he will begin a three-year term of supervised release. 

On November 9, 2020, in Omaha, Jackson knowingly sold pills containing fentanyl to a witness cooperating with law enforcement. Jackson sold the cooperator approximately 50 fentanyl pills in exchange for $1,000.  The 54-month sentence took into account that at the time Jackson sold the fentanyl, he was on federal supervised release following a conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Omaha Police Department, and the Bellevue Police Department.