Jan 24, 2023

Grand Jury Indictments District of Nebraska

Posted Jan 24, 2023 10:53 AM

News Release United States Attorney-Omaha

Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska

January 20, 2023

            United States Attorney Steven Russell announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 9 unsealed Indictments charging 13 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.

*          Tut Chuol, age 42, of Phoenix, Arizona; Kun Gach, age 38, of Omaha, Nebraska; and Tut Yual, age 40, of Des Moines, Iowa, are charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl on or about December 1, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is not less than 5 years’ and up to 40 years’ imprisonment, a $5,000,000 fine, not less than four years and up to a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. 

*          Donald Fox, age 54, of Bayard, Nebraska, is charged in a five-count Indictment.  Count I charges Fox with embezzlement and theft of labor union assets beginning on or about February 20, 2016 and continuing to on or about August 14, 2021.  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 through V charge Fox with falsification of annual financial reports filed by a labor union beginning on or about March 20, 2017 and continuing to on or about March 31, 2020.  The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 1 year imprisonment, a $10,000 fine, and a $100 special assessment. 

*          Eduardo Gonzalez-Moreno, age 23, is charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl on or about November 3, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is 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. 

*          Ricky Allen Kane, age 45, and Michele Marie Waters, age 55, both of Omaha, Nebraska, are charged in a two-count Indictment.  Count I charges Kane and Waters with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) on or about November 1, 2021 and continuing to on or about November 14, 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.  Count II charges Kane with distribution of fentanyl analogue resulting in death on or about August 22, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is not less than 20 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.   

*          Ivan Lima-Olivarria, age 42, is charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine on or about November 1, 2021 and continuing to on or about November 23, 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. 

There is also an allegation to forfeit $14,770 in United States currency and property seized on or about November 23, 2022.

*          Nicholas Onate, age 33, of California, is charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl on or about July 9. 2022.  The penalty if convicted is 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. 

*          Isrrael Robledo-Cardenas, age 47, of Rising City, Nebraska, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges Robledo-Cardenas with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (actual) on or about November 15, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is 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.  Count II charges Robledo-Cardenas with possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime on or about November 15, 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, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  

*          Luis Salazar-Cabrera, age 39, and Martin Caballero-Bringas, age 57, are charged in a two-count Indictment.  Count I charges Salazar-Cabrera and Caballero-Bringas with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine on or about March 1, 2022 and continuing to on or about October 19, 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.  Count II charges Salazar-Cabrera with possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl on or about October 19, 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.   

*          Kevin Warsocki, age 31, of Omaha, Nebraska, is charged in a two-count Indictment.  Count I charges Warsocki with possession with intent to distribute 10 grams or more of fentanyl on or about November 9, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is not less than 5 years’ and up to 40 years’ imprisonment, a $5,000,000 fine, not less than four years and up to a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.  Count II charges Warsocki with distribution of fentanyl analogue resulting in death on or about November 9, 2022.  The penalty if convicted is not less than 20 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.   

There is also an allegation to forfeit $1,034.00 in United States currency and property seized on or about November 9, 2022.