United States Attorney's Office
Acting United States Attorney Matthew R. Molsen announced that William Lewis, Jr., 32, of Glenwood, Iowa, was sentenced on April 9, 2025, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for distribution of methamphetamine and felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Lewis to 135 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Lewis’s release from prison, he will begin a four-year term of supervised release.
On June 5, 2023, Lewis sold a 12-gauge shotgun to an individual cooperating with law enforcement in Omaha. Lewis was a convicted felon prohibited under federal law from possessing firearms. On June 8, 2023, Lewis sold the cooperator 91.4 grams of methamphetamine in Omaha.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Omaha Police Department.