United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Jayson Yanes, 40, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm During a Drug Trafficking Crime. United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Yanes to 26 years’ imprisonment. Yanes faced a mandatory minimum 25-year sentence due to a prior federal conviction for Possession of a Firearm During a Drug Trafficking Crime. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing his term of imprisonment, Yanes will be required to serve a 5-year term of supervised release.
On Aug. 1, 2018, Omaha Police Officers executed a search warrant at Yanes’ South Omaha residence. Officers recovered drug paraphernalia, approximately 11 grams of actual methamphetamine, and a firearm within arm’s reach of the methamphetamine. Yanes admitted that the firearm and the methamphetamine were his and that he had been selling methamphetamine for the previous 6 months.
This case was investigated by the Omaha Police Department.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
