United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on January 6, 2020, Roman Ceballo Gaspar, age 25, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for conspiracy to possess and distribute methamphetamine. Senior United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Avalos to 135 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. Ceballo Gaspar also relinquished any right or claim he had to money seized during the investigation. After completing his term of imprisonment, Ceballo Gaspar will be deported to Mexico as he is not a U.S. citizen.
On April 26, 2018, agents and officers from Homeland Security Investigations and the Omaha Police Department executed a search warrant on Ceballo Gaspar’s Omaha residence. The search revealed approximately one pound of methamphetamine, $18,953 U.S. currency, and other evidentiary items.
Earlier that day, the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by a co-defendant where twelve pounds of methamphetamine were found hidden inside the vehicle. Ceballo Gaspar admitted to his involvement in distributing methamphetamine in the Omaha metro area, and that he was expecting the delivery of the twelve pounds of methamphetamine from the co-defendant.
This case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations, the Omaha Police Department, and the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office.