Acting United States Attorney Jan W. Sharp announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 22 unsealed Indictments charging 24 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.
* Simon Carcamo Sevilla, age 31, is charged in a three-count Indictment. Count I charges the defendant with use of an identification document not lawfully issued on or about September 5, 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. Count II charges the defendant with misuse of a Social Security number on or about September 5, 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 III charges the defendant with illegal reentry after deportation on or about Feb. 25, 2021. 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.
* Brandon D. Carr, age 35, of Omaha, is charged with felon in possession of a firearm on or about Feb. 23, 2021. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Crispin Cruz-Trejo, age 38, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about March 3, 2021, following an aggravated felony conviction. 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.
* Derrick G. Dawdy, age 36, of Ashland, Nebraska, is charged in a three-count Indictment. Count I charges the defendant with embezzlement of mail by postal employee on or about Sept. 1, 2020 and on or about Dec. 28, 2020. 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 theft from mail by postal employee on or about Sept. 1, 2020 and on or about Dec. 28, 2020. 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 III charges the defendant with delay of mail by postal employee on or about Sept. 1, 2020 and on or about Dec. 28, 2020. 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.
* David A. Foreman, age 53, of Omaha, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges the defendant with distribution of methamphetamine on or about Dec. 18, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, $1,000,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, $100 special assessment. Count II charges the defendant with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) between on or about Dec. 18, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $20,000,000 fine, a ten-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. There is also an allegation to forfeit United States currency seized on or about Dec. 20, 2020.
* Sanjuana Garcia-Ramirez, age 38, of Lexington, Nebraska, is charged with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine on or about January 5, 2021. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 40 years’ imprisonment, $5,000,000 fine, a four-year term of supervised release, $100 special assessment.
* Patrick R. Graves, age 34, is charged in a six-count Indictment. Counts I through III charge the defendant with bank fraud on or about September 2020 and continuing through on or about November 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 30 years’ imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment for each count. Count IV charges the defendant with aggravated identity theft on or about Nov. 16, 2020. 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 V charges the defendant with aggravated identity theft on or about Nov. 18, 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 VI charges the defendant with identity theft on or about Nov. 18, 2020. 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.
* Jeffry A. Hogan, age 39, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, is charged in a four-count Indictment. Count I charges the defendant with conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine on or about June 1, 2020 and continuing to on or about Feb. 12, 2021. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, $20,000,000 fine, ten-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 on or about Feb. 12, 2021. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, $10,000,000 fine, an eight-year term of supervised release, $100 special assessment. Count III charges the defendant with using, carrying, and possessing a firearm during and in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime between on or about Feb. 12, 2021 The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life consecutive imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count IV charges the defendant with use felon in possession of a firearm between on or about Feb. 12, 2021 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. There is also an allegation to forfeit United States currency seized on or about Feb. 12, 2021.
* Jourdain Hyman St. Cyr, age 35, of Winnebago, Nebraska, is charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees on or about March 4, 2021. 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.
* Kelly J. Jablonski, age 41, of Lincoln, Nebraska, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges the defendant with conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine on or about June 1, 2020 and continuing to on or about Feb. 12, 2021. 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 500 grams or more of methamphetamine on or about Feb. 12, 2021. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, $10,000,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, $100 special assessment. There is also an allegation to forfeit United States currency seized on or about Feb. 12, 2021.
* Kevin N. Jacoway, age 32, of Omaha, and Timothy A. Fox, age 34, of Omaha, are charged in a three-count Indictment. Count I charges Jacoway and Fox with distribution and receipt of child pornography on or about Aug. 28, 2020 and on or about Feb. 23, 2021. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges Jacoway with possession of child pornography on or about Dec. 2, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count III charges Fox with possession of child pornography on or about Dec. 2, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Brenden J. Joray, age 23, of Papillion, Nebraska, is charged in a three-count Indictment. Count I charges Joray with transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity on or about Jan. 30, 2021 and on or about Feb. 17, 2021. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges the defendant with travel in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in any illicit sexual conduct on or about Jan. 30, 2021 and on or about Feb. 17, 2021. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 30 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count III charges the defendant with enticement of a minor to engage in any sexual activity on or about Nov. 1, 2020 and on or about Feb. 17, 2021. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Jose O. Maes, age 36, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, is charged with conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine on or about June 1, 2020 and continuing to on or about Feb. 12, 2021. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, $20,000,000 fine, ten-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. There is also an allegation to forfeit United States currency seized on or about Feb. 12, 2021.
* Dywan Meredith, age 29, of Omaha, is charged with felon in possession of a firearm on or about Jan. 14, 2021. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Jose Vidal Navarro-Gonzalez, a/k/a Jose Navarro, age 46, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges the defendant with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine on or about Feb. 22, 2021. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, $10,000,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, $100 special assessment. Count II charges the defendant with use possess firearm with drug trafficking on or about Feb. 22, 2021. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment consecutive, a $250,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Bruce A. Nelson, age 53, of Orleans, Nebraska, is charged in a three-count Indictment. Count I charges Nelson with counterfeiting and forging obligations or securities on or about Aug. 1, 2020, and September 7, 2020. 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. Count II charges the defendant with passing or uttering counterfeit obligations or securities on or about Aug. 31, 2020. 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. Count III charges the defendant with passing or uttering counterfeit obligations or securities on or about September 4, 2020. 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.
* Joseph T. Pearce, II, age 39, of Plainview, Nebraska, is charged in a three-count Indictment. Count I charges Pearce with filing a false tax return on or about April 13, 2015. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 3 years’ imprisonment, a $100,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges the defendant with filing a false tax return on or about April 11, 2016. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 3 years’ imprisonment, a $100,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count III charges the defendant with filing a false tax return on or about April 20, 2017. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 3 years’ imprisonment, a $100,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Gregorio Ramirez-Silva, age 34, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about March 12, 2021. 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.
* Janis Strautkalns, age 48, of Lincoln, Nebraska, is charged in a fourteen-count Indictment. Counts I through X charge Strautkalns with failure to pay over withholding & FICA taxes on or about Sept. 30, 2016 and continuing through Dec. 31, 2018. 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 each count. Counts XI through XIV charge the defendant with failure to file tax return on or about 2015 through 2018. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 1 year’ imprisonment, a $100,000 fine, a one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Carney Turner, a/k/a Tez, age 40, is charged in a five-count Indictment. Count I charges Turner with sex trafficking of a minor on or about Nov. 17, 2020 through February, 2021. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges the defendant with sex trafficking of a minor on or about Aug. 1, 2020 through Oct. 31, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count III charges the defendant with sex trafficking of a minor on or about Jan. 1, 2020 through Sept. 25, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count IV charges the defendant with coercion and enticement of a minor on or about Aug. 1, 2020 through Oct. 31, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count V charges the defendant with coercion and enticement of a minor on or about Jan. 1, 2020 through Sept. 25, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. There is also an allegation to forfeit United States property seized in Counts I through III.
* Joseph Ward, Jr., age 44, of Phoenix, Arizona, and Vickie M. Ward, a/ka Vickie M. Cloyd, age 41, of Phoenix, Arizona, are charged in an eight-count Indictment. Counts I and II charge Joseph and Vickie with conspiracy to commit bank fraud on or about April 11, 2017, and June 13, 2017. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 30 years’ imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Counts III through VIII charge the defendants with wire fraud on or about May 17, 2017 through June 13, 2017. 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 each count.
* Clifford Wright, III, age 31, of Omaha, is charged with felon in possession of a firearm on or about July 23, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
