Omaha Man Sentenced to More than 58 Years for Fentanyl and Firearms Crimes

United States Attorney Lesley Woods announced that Jeron Morris, 33, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on December 3, 2025, in federal court in Omaha for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Morris to concurrent sentences of 360 months’ imprisonment for the conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute, and 180 months’ imprisonment for felon in possession of a firearm. Morris received additional consecutive sentences of 300 months’ imprisonment for possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and 46 months for violating his supervised release related to a previous federal conviction. The combined sentences total 706 months’ imprisonment.  There is no parole in the federal system. After Morris’s release from prison, he will begin an 8-year term of supervised release.

In August, Morris pleaded guilty to the fentanyl and felon in possession charges and proceeded to trial for the charge of possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. After a two-day trial, a jury returned a guilty verdict.

The evidence at trial established that a Federal Bureau of Investigation task force identified a house in Omaha that was suspected of being a stash location for drugs, including fentanyl pills. During the investigation, Morris was identified as living in the house. On May 17, 2024, investigators executed a search warrant at the residence. In an upstairs bedroom, they found two loaded Canik 9mm handguns and more than $1,000 in cash on a bed. The items had been dumped out of a drawer of a bedside chest of drawers. In a closet of that bedroom, detectives recovered a heat-sealed package of approximately 993 fentanyl pills. Morris was arrested during a traffic stop nearby and found to have a baggie containing another 87 fentanyl pills. During a post-Miranda interview, Morris admitted the drugs and guns were his, describing the guns by caliber, color, and attachments.

Morris faced enhanced statutory penalties because of prior federal convictions for Bank Robbery and Brandishing a Firearm During a Crime of Violence. Morris was released from federal prison within months of the search warrant. Morris began visiting the stash house while finishing serving his prison sentence at an area halfway house. Morris also had a prior conviction for Assault Using a Dangerous Weapon in Iowa state court, which enhanced his sentencing guidelines when coupled with the prior federal convictions.

Co-defendant Kadonta Muldrew, 31, of Omaha was sentenced on November 19, 2025, to 235 months’ imprisonment and eight years of supervised release.

As part of the investigation, more than $135,000 in cash was seized. That money will be forfeited to the United States as proceeds of drug dealing.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Omaha Police Department with assistance from the Council Bluffs (Iowa) Police Department, Bellevue Police Department, Papillion Police Department, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, the Nebraska State Patrol, and the Iowa State Patrol. A sergeant from the Lincoln Police Department testified at trial as an expert in drug trafficking. This prosecution is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.