Tag: Nebraska
Noah Hale, Child Pornography, Nebraska 2026
⏱ 2 min read Noah Hale, a 21-year-old from Norfolk, Nebraska, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for producing, receiving, and possessing child pornography. The sentencing took place on July 9, 2026, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska. Hale’s crimes involved exploiting 30 minor females, aged 11 to 17, from across the United States…
Steven Potter, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Nebraska 2026
⏱ 2 min read Steven Potter, a 54-year-old from Council Bluffs, Iowa, was involved in a large-scale methamphetamine conspiracy that supplied the Omaha and Council Bluffs areas with meth from a Mexico source. On March 7, 2024, law enforcement caught Potter with over 900 grams of methamphetamine after a traffic stop in Omaha. Potter admitted…
Buffy Redfish, Wire Fraud, South Dakota 2026
⏱ 2 min read Buffy Redfish, a 57-year-old Nebraska woman, has been sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in federal prison for her role in a scheme to defraud the Oglala Sioux Tribe out of millions of dollars. Redfish, who worked for the tribe’s Tribal Employment Rights Office, diverted TERO fee checks totaling over…
Dustin Weitzel, Wire Fraud, Nebraska 2026
⏱ 2 min read Dodge County Sheriff Dustin Weitzel, 46, of Fremont, Nebraska, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud after embezzling funds from the Dodge County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 17 (FOP17). Weitzel, who has been employed by the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office since 1999, was charged with one count of wire fraud on…
Joshua Hecht, Child Pornography, Nebraska 2023
⏱ 2 min read Joshua Hecht, a 26-year-old from Waverly, Nebraska, has been sentenced to 135 months in prison for transporting and possessing child pornography. Hecht’s crimes began in October 2023 when he contacted a 16-year-old boy, referred to as Victim 1, on Snapchat. Hecht used the platform to create explicit content, including taking screenshots…
Alfredo Manuel Zambrano-Hurtado, Sex Trafficking of a Minor, Nebraska 2026
⏱ 2 min read Two minors, aged 15 and 16, were transported to an Omaha hotel by Alfredo Manuel Zambrano-Hurtado to be sold for commercial sex. The victims were advertised online by Michel Daiana Martinez-Gonzalez and Eduardo Jose Perdomo, who arranged commercial sex acts with buyers. The sex trafficking operation was uncovered by the Omaha…
Emerson Reyes-Andrade, Methamphetamine Distribution, Nebraska 2026
⏱ 2 min read Emerson Reyes-Andrade, a 32-year-old illegal alien from San Salvador, El Salvador, was involved in a large-scale methamphetamine distribution conspiracy in Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa. On September 4, 2024, Reyes-Andrade delivered approximately two pounds of methamphetamine to a cooperating witness in Omaha. The investigation led to the discovery of approximately…
Kenneth Powers, Methamphetamine Distribution, Nebraska 2025
⏱ 2 min read A major drug trafficking operation has been busted in Nebraska, with 14 defendants charged in 13 unsealed indictments. The accused include Kenneth Powers, 68, of Omaha, who allegedly conspired to distribute and possess 500 grams or more of methamphetamine between September 1, 2025, and January 15, 2026. Brian De Jesus-Garibaldi, 20,…
Cody Bullman, Attempted Receipt of Child Porn, Nebraska 2024
⏱ 2 min read Cody Bullman, a 35-year-old Lincoln, Nebraska man, was caught in a child exploitation sting after he sent a friend request to an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old girl on Facebook in March 2024. Bullman then asked the girl to ‘hook up’ and sent a sexually explicit photo, despite being told…
Byron G. Morales, Child Pornography Distribution, Nebraska 2026
A 57-year-old Omaha man has been sentenced to 126 months in prison after pleading guilty to receiving and distributing child pornography. Byron G. Morales, 57, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on May 18, 2026 in federal court in Omaha for receipt and distribution of child pornography. Chief District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. handed down…
