United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Sabas Rodriguez-Cisneros, 47, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard to 20 years and 10 months (250 months) for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Following the prison term, Rodriguez-Cisneros will serve five years on supervised release. He was convicted of the offense by a federal jury in May of 2019.
In early March, 2018, a DHL package was intercepted by United States Customs and Border Control agents at the Cincinnati, Ohio, port of entry. The package was addressed to Rodriguez-Cisneros’s girlfriend in Lincoln, Nebraska. Customs agents opened the package and found methamphetamine and pills. Homeland Security Investigations agents sent the package to their Omaha office, and Omaha HSI agents delivered it to the Lincoln/Lancaster County Drug Task Force. On March 5, 2018, an undercover Lincoln Police officer delivered the package to Rodriguez-Cisneros’s girlfriend in Lincoln. She was arrested. The Nebraska State Patrol Crime Laboratory found the package contained 400 grams of a substance containing methamphetamine, and purity analysis showed at least 370 grams of actual (pure) methamphetamine. There were also 197 fentanyl tablets in the package.
Testimony and evidence presented at trial established that between October of 2016 and March 5, 2018, Rodriguez-Cisneros was involved in selling methamphetamine in the Lincoln, Dwight, and Crete, Nebraska areas.
This case was investigated by the Lincoln/Lancaster County Drug Task Force, the Nebraska State Patrol, Homeland Security Investigations, and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
