United States Attorney Jan W. Sharp announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 14 unsealed Indictments charging 17 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.
* Matthew Carlson, age 38, of Omaha, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges Carlson with receipt of child pornography with priors between on or about March 1, 2021 and continuing to on or about November 23, 2021. The penalty if convicted is not less than 10 years and up to 40 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and a $35,000 additional special assessment. Count II charges Carlson with possession of child pornography with priors between on or about November 23, 2021. The penalty if convicted is not less than 10 years and up to 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and a $17,000 additional special assessment.
* Tyler Denby, age 36, of Alliance, Nebraska, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges Denby with transport of child pornography on or about July 30, 2021. The penalty if convicted is not less than 5 years and up to 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and a $40,000 additional special assessment. Count II charges Denby with possession of child pornography on or about July 30, 2021. 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 $22,000 additional special assessment.
* Cynthia Diane Steele Gilchrist, age 47, of Lincoln, Nebraska, is charged with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) on or about April 14, 2021. The penalty if convicted is not less than 10 years and up to life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. There is also an allegation to forfeit United States currency seized on or about April 14, 2021.
* Darrian Grant, age 24, is charged with failure to register as a sex offender on or about December 19, 2021 and continuing to on or about February 11, 2022. The penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Jean Ferrer Leyva-Pazos, age 19, is charged with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (mixture) on or about February 23, 2022. The penalty if convicted is not less than 5 years’ and not more than 40 years’ imprisonment, a $5,000,000 fine, a four-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Juan Lorenzo-Felipe, age 25, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about March 1, 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.
* Denis Perez Koh, age 35, is charged with illegal reentry after deportation on or about March 9, 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.
* Quincy Louis, a/k/a Quincy LaRue Louis, age 25, D’Juan Beverly, Jr., age 23, Adrionna La’Sha Leeper, age 22, and Faye-Lynne Hardesty, age 19, are charged in a thirty-count Indictment. Count I charges Louis, Beverly, Leeper, and Hardesty with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery beginning on or about February 24, 2022 and continuing to on or about March 1, 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. Counts II, III, V, VII, IX, XI, XIII, XV, XVII, XVIX XXIII, XXV, XXVII, XXIX charge the defendants with specific robberies beginning on or about February 24, 2022 and continuing to on or about March 1, 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. Counts IV, VI, VIII, X, XII, XIV, XVI, XVIII, XX, XXII, XXIV, XXVIII charge the defendants with brandishing a firearm during specific robberies on or about February 25, 2022 and continuing to on or about March 1, 2022. The penalty if convicted is not less than 7 years’ and up to life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Counts XXVI and XXX charge the defendants with discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence on or about March 1, 2022. The penalty if convicted is not less than 10 years’ and up to life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Each firearms count must run consecutive to other counts.
* Wesly Preister, age 52, of Omaha, is charged with possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) on or about January 11, 2022. The penalty if convicted is not less than 10 years’ and up to life imprisonment, a $8,000,000 fine, an eight-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Rudy Ortega Raymundo, age 34, of Lexington, Nebraska, is charged with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine (mixture) and 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) on or about October 3, 2021. The penalty if convicted is not less than 10 years’ and up to life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Darell C. Richards, age 32, is charged with escape from custody on or about February 19, 2022. 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.
* Russell L. Rucks, Jr., age 29, of Lincoln, Nebraska is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges Rucks with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine on or about April 1, 2021 and continuing to on or about August 12, 2021. The penalty if convicted is not less than 5 years’ and not more than 40 years’ imprisonment, a $5,000,000 fine, a four-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges Rucks with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine on or about August 12, 2021. The penalty if convicted is not less than 5 years’ and not more than 40 years’ imprisonment, a $5,000,000 fine, a four-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. There is also an allegation to forfeit United States currency seized on or about August 12, 2021.
* Jose Ramiro Segovia-Garcia, age 30, is charged with illegal reentry of a removed alien after a felony on or about March 9, 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.
* Joshua Sund, age 41, is charged in a five-count Indictment. Counts I – V charge Sund with production of child pornography between on or about September 17, 2018 and continuing to on or about January 9, 2020. The penalty if convicted is not less than 15 years’ and not more than 30 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and a $55,000 additional special assessment.