Ammanuel Jiel, Marijuana Distribution, Nebraska 2023

A Nebraska man has been sentenced to 126 months in prison for distributing marijuana while possessing a firearm.

Ammanuel Jiel, 20, was sentenced by United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher on no specified date after pleading guilty to two counts of distribution of marijuana and possession of a firearm while drug trafficking.

The sentence will also include 3 years of supervised release following his release from prison. There is no parole in the federal system.

The case involved Jiel selling marijuana and firearms on numerous occasions to a confidential informant posing as a firearms trafficker between August 31, 2018 and October 29, 2018.

Jiel was personally responsible for the sale of 16 firearms, many of which were stolen or had obliterated serial numbers. He also sold several ounces of marijuana during these firearms sales.

The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Omaha Police Department as part of Project Safe Neighborhood.

Project Safe Neighborhood is a national initiative aimed at reducing and preventing violent crime and making the nation's neighborhoods safer.

Jiel's arrest was also part of Operation South Sudan Soldiers, which targeted members of the Trip Set and African Pride street gangs.

Mandatory Facts: Defendant Ammanuel Jiel, 20, of Nebraska, was sentenced to 126 months in prison. The charges were two counts of distribution of marijuana and possession of a firearm while drug trafficking. The investigation took place between August 31, 2018, and October 29, 2018.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ne/pr/20-year-old-sentenced-multiple-counts-distributing-marijuana-while-possessing-firearm