Omaha Man Sentenced for Role in Drug Conspiracy

Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Willis Parker, 32, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on August 24, 2023, in federal court in Omaha for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, and marijuana.  United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Parker to 120 months in prison.  There is no parole in the federal system.  After Parker’s release from prison, he will begin a five-year term of supervised release. 

From about July of 2016 to November of 2020, Parker was part of a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, and marijuana.  The conspiracy involved over 500 grams of methamphetamine and over 100 kilograms of marijuana.  Parker was involved in the distribution of methamphetamine and marijuana in the Omaha area. 

On November 23, 2020, law enforcement executed a search warrant at Parker’s Omaha residence.  Officers located approximately 80 pills containing methamphetamine, 0.205 kilograms of marijuana, and a digital scale.  Parker possessed the methamphetamine and marijuana during and in furtherance of the conspiracy.  Officers also located seven destructive devices similar to a bomb.  Parker was previously charged federally and sentenced to 37 months in prison for possessing the destructive devices. 

Co-defendants Ty-Sean Nunn, George Buck, Dominique Thomas, Anthony Hill-Gaines, and Jerrell Jackson have all pleaded guilty to charges related to the drug conspiracy.  Thomas was sentenced on June 7, 2023, to 90 months in prison.  Buck was sentenced on July 26, 2023, to 120 months in prison.  Nunn was sentenced on August 17, 2023, to 168 months in prison.  Hill-Gaines was sentenced on August 17, 2023, to 90 months in prison.  Jackson is pending sentencing.  Only co-defendant Terrance Traynham is pending trial.  Traynham was previously sentenced to 106 months in federal prison for conduct related to this conspiracy.

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