Omaha Woman Sentenced to 117 Months for Drug and Firearm Crimes

Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Racheal Cain, 36, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha after being convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.  United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Cain to a total of 117 months’ imprisonment.  There is no parole in the federal system.  After her release from prison, Cain will begin a three-year term of supervised release.

In September 2021, Omaha police conducted surveillance on an apartment that was suspected of being used to distribute methamphetamine. Cain lived in the apartment with her boyfriend, co-defendant Andrew Sackett.

On September 23, 2021, Cain was arrested during a traffic stop after leaving the apartment. Police found a small amount of methamphetamine in the vehicle. Cain admitted to selling methamphetamine and told officers that methamphetamine was in her apartment along with at least one firearm. Cain consented to a search.

In the apartment, officers found more than 100 grams of methamphetamine with purity of 95 percent, along with three firearms and $11,902 in cash. Police seized an additional $677 from Cain at the jail. As part of the plea, Cain forfeited the $12,579 to the United States as being illegal drug proceeds.

Sackett pleaded guilty to the same charges and was sentenced to a total of 147 months in prison on July 10, 2023.

This case was investigated by the Omaha Police Department.