Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 14 unsealed Indictments charging 16 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.
* Ronald Lynn Ballou, age 40, of Omaha, is charged with felon in possession of a firearm on or about Aug. 12, 2022. The penalty if convicted is 15 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, three-years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Lacie Brown, age 21, of Sutherland, Nebraska, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges Brown with identity theft on or about July 28, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 15 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges Brown with identity theft on or about Jan. 3, 2021. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 15 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Orlando Alonso Castro-Gutierrez, age 28, and Alejandro Berrelleza-Borjorquez a/k/a Alejandro Lopez-Leon a/k/a Angel Garcia-Fuentes, age 24, are charged with possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 100 grams or more of fentanyl analogue on or about March 7, 2022. The penalty if convicted is not less than 10 years’ and up to life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, not less than five-years and up to life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Terry L. Christianson, age 65, of Lincoln, Nebraska, is charged in a three-count Indictment. Count I charges Christianson with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) on or about March 27, 2022. The penalty if convicted is not less than 15 years’ and up to life imprisonment, a $20,000,000 fine, not less than ten-years and up to life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges Christianson with possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime on or about March 27, 2022. The penalty if convicted is not less than 5 years’ imprisonment up to life imprisonment consecutive to any other sentence, a $250,000 fine, three-years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count III charges Christianson with being a felon in possession of a firearm on or about March 27, 2022. 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 $7,125 in United States currency seized on or about March 27, 2022.
* Paula R. Creps, age 51, of Papillion, Nebraska, is charged in a five-count Indictment. Counts I-V charge Creps with mail fraud beginning on or about July 26, 2019 and continuing to on or about May 26, 2022. 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.
* Jose Guerrero-Lopez, age 29, of Grand Island, Nebraska, is charged with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) on or about March 16, 2022. The penalty if convicted is not less than 10 years’ and up to life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, not less than five-years and up to a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Andrew Scott Lawrence, age 41, of Lincoln, Nebraska, is charged with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) on or about March 18, 2022. The penalty if convicted is not less than 15 years’ and up to life imprisonment, a $20,000,000 fine, not less than ten-years and up to a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
There is also an allegation to forfeit $17,622 in United States currency seized on or about March 18, 2022.
* Juan Montante-Sanchez, age 43, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about October 7, 2022. 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.
* Santiago Montes-Osorio, age 29, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges Montes-Osorio with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) beginning on or about May, 2022 and continuing to on or about July 21, 2022. The penalty if convicted is not less than 10 years’ and up to life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, not less than five-years and up to life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges Montes-Osorio with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (actual) on or about July 21, 2022. The penalty if convicted is not less than 10 years’ and up to a life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, not less than five-years and up to a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Matthew Frederick Strohl, age 42, of Omaha, is charged with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) on or about April 22, 2022. The penalty if convicted is not less than 15 years’ and up to life imprisonment, a $20,000,000 fine, not less than ten-years and up to a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Javier Tyee a/k/a Kelven Tabbs, age 50, of Panama City Beach, Florida, and Xanthe Tabbs, a/k/a Xanthe Ivey, age 53, from Panama City Beach, Florida, are charged in a six-count Indictment. Count I charges Tyee and Tabbs with conspiracy beginning on or about April 25, 2018 and continuing to on or about July 19, 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. Counts II-VI charge Tyee and Tabbs with wire fraud beginning on or about May 15, 2018 and continuing to on or about May 24, 2018. 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.
* Angelica Ramos Torres Villa, age 42, is charged with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine (mixture) on or about June 26, 2022. The penalty if convicted is not less than 10 years’ and up to life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, not less than five-years and up to life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Miguel Vasquez Romero, age 22, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about October 4, 2022. 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.
* Deshuan Whitfield, age 21, is charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl (mixture) on or about Sept. 23, 2022. The penalty if convicted is not less than 20 years’ imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine, not less than three-years and up to a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
