United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 28 Indictments charging 29 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
* Cesar Alcocer-Escamilla, age 34, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation following a felony conviction on or about Feb. 11, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Felix Amaya, age 33, is charged with felon in possession of a firearm on or about Feb. 14, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Arely Araus-Bonilla, age 43, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges the defendant with social security fraud on or about Feb. 11, 2019. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 5 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges the defendant with fraud and misuse of visas and other documents on or about Feb. 11, 2019. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment
* William Douglas Bean, age 67, of Lincoln, Nebraska, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges the defendant with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to deliver 500 grams or more of methamphetamine (mixture) beginning in Jan. 1, 2018, and continuing through Sept. 19, 2019. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, $10,000,000 fine, five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges the defendant with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (mixture) on or about Sept. 19, 2019. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, $10,000,000 fine, five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Vincente Camacho-Bustos, age 34, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about February 6, 2020, following an aggravated felony conviction. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a 3-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Drake C. Chrastil, Sr., age 50, of Omaha, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges the defendant with production of child pornography on or about January 2011 and continuing to on or about June 2011. The offense carries a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence and a maximum possible penalty of 30 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a Life term of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and a $50,000 additional special assessment and $3,000 Restitution. Count II charges the defendant with possession of child pornography on or about May 8, 2019. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a Life term of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and a $17,000 additional special assessment and $3,000 Restitution.
* Benjamin Delany, age 24, is charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees on or about May 22, 2019. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Jesus Gallegos Aguirre, age 49, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about Jan. 27, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 2 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Manuel Gama Echebeste, age 36, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about February 4, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 2 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Leonardo Gonzalez-Por, age 28, and Freddy Martinez-Ramos a/k/a Diego Gonzalez-Pol, age 35, are charged in a three-count Indictment. Count I charges Leonardo Gonzalez-Por with illegal reentry after deportation on or about Jan. 31, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 2 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges Freddy Martinez-Ramos a/k/a Diego Gonzalez-Pol with illegal reentry after deportation on or about Jan. 31, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 2 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count III charges the defendants with forcibly assaulting/resisting/impeding/opposing the duties of a federal officer on or about Jan. 31, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted for each defendant is 1 year imprisonment, a $100,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Tina Hardin, age 51, of Omaha, is charged with threatening federal officials on or about Jan. 28, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Ramiro Hernandez-Rubacalba, age 37, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation following a felony conviction on or about Feb. 11, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Cameron M. Hogan, age 43, of Omaha, is charged with misappropriation of postal funds on or about Oct. 1, 2018 and continuing through on or about February 4, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Francisco Jacinto Rafael, age 31, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about Feb. 11, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 2 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Tomas Jacinto Rafael, age 37, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about Feb. 11, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 2 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Manuel de Jesus Lopez-Aquino, age 37, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about Feb. 11, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 2 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Cesar Marino-Alarcon a/k/a Cesar A. Marino a/k/a Cesar Alcarcon-Juarez, age 60, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about Aug. 24, 2018, following an aggravated felony conviction. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a 3-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Juan Carlos Martinez-Perez, age 25, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about Jan. 23, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 2 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Orlando Miranda De La Cruz, age 36, is charged in a three-count Indictment. Count I charges the defendant with illegal reentry after deportation following a felony conviction on or about Jan. 27, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Counts II and III charge the defendant with assaulting/resisting/impeding a federal officer on or about Jan. 27, 2020. The maximum possible penalty for each count if convicted is 8 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment for each.
* Jose Edwvijes Moreno, age 19, is charged with distribution of 500 grams or more of methamphetamine (mixture) on or about Feb. 11, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, $10,000,000 fine, five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Skye Parde, age 37, of Nebraska City, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges the defendant with obtaining controlled substance by misrepresentation between April 1, 2018 and Nov. 13, 2018. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 4 years’ imprisonment, $250,000 fine, one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges the defendant with possession of a controlled substance on or about April 1, 2018 and Nov. 13, 2018. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 1 year imprisonment, a $1,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Jose Luis Perez Aguilar, age 37, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation following a felony conviction on or about Feb. 12, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years, imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Amalia Perez Gonzalez, age 49, is charged with fraud and misuse of visas and other documents on or about Sept. 19, 2014. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, three-year term of supervised release, a $100 special assessment.
* Yuber Puc-Cisneros, age 43, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about Feb. 10, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 2 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Eleazar Rodriguez Ramirez, age 45, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation following a felony conviction on or about Sept. 19, 2014. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, three-year term of supervised release, a $100 special assessment.
* Marie Schaeffer, age 56, of Omaha, is charged with possession with intent to deliver 500 grams or more of methamphetamine (mixture) on Nov. 16, 2019. The maximum possible penalty for each if convicted is life imprisonment, $10,000,000 fine, five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Jesse Shirley, age 38, of Omaha, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges the defendant with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine (mixture) on Dec. 24, 2019. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, $1,000,000 fine, three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges the defendant with using or possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime on or about Dec. 24, 2019. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment consecutive to the methamphetamine charge, a $250,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
