Tag: Nebraska
Nicholas Vollertsen, Child Pornography, Nebraska 2026
⏱ 2 min read Nicholas Vollertsen, a 41-year-old Lincoln man, was sentenced to 7 years in prison for receiving child pornography. On July 30, 2026, United States District Judge Susan M. Bazis handed down the sentence in federal court in Lincoln. The case began with cybertips about an online cloud storage company, which led the…
Jennifer Suing, Methamphetamine Possession with Intent to Distribute, Nebraska 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jennifer Suing, a 49-year-old Lincoln woman, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine in Lincoln, Nebraska. The sentencing came after a lengthy investigation by the Lincoln/Lancaster County Narcotics Task Force, which included multiple controlled buys and a search warrant that…
Steven R. Harper, Child Pornography Possession, Nebraska 2026
⏱ 2 min read A federal grand jury in Nebraska has indicted 21 defendants, including Steven R. Harper, Scott Wellensiek, and Jose Alfredo Sandoval-Huitzil, for various crimes in Omaha. The charges include possession of child pornography, methamphetamine possession with intent to distribute, and failure to register as a sex offender. The alleged crimes occurred between…
Levi McAlevy, Methamphetamine Distribution, Nebraska 2024
⏱ 2 min read Levi McAlevy, a 37-year-old from Cozad, Nebraska, was involved in a large-scale methamphetamine distribution ring, selling over 25 kilograms of the drug in central and western Nebraska. McAlevy’s operation, which used guns and threats to intimidate others, was busted after he sold meth to a confidential informant on two occasions in…
Clifford Jost, Burglary, Nebraska 2025
⏱ 2 min read Clifford Jost, a Niobrara man, pleaded guilty to committing a string of burglaries in Knox and Cedar counties, including one on the Santee Sioux Reservation in December 2025. Jost and his accomplices unlawfully entered a garage in Bloomfield, Nebraska, making off with numerous items, including a game camera, deer mounts, and…
Tamara Ricceri-Wolf, Wire Fraud, Nebraska 2018
⏱ 2 min read Tamara Ricceri-Wolf, 60, of Omaha, Nebraska, was a financial manager with a secret: she was scamming her employer out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Between 2018 and December 2022, Ricceri-Wolf used her position to open American Express credit cards in the company’s name and make personal purchases, then paid off…
Vallene Marie Bell, Methamphetamine Distribution, Iowa 2024
⏱ 2 min read Vallene Marie Bell, a 35-year-old woman from Sioux City, Iowa, was involved in a large-scale methamphetamine distribution operation that spanned across Nebraska and Iowa. The operation, which was supplied by a Mexico-based source, used a network of local couriers to distribute the drugs to customers in the Omaha and Council Bluffs…
Ricardo Gutierrez-Castillo, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Nebraska 2025
⏱ 2 min read Ricardo Gutierrez-Castillo, Eric Luviano-Cabrera, and Heleodoro Luviano-Castillo were involved in a methamphetamine conspiracy in Omaha, Nebraska, where they rented an Airbnb to manufacture and distribute the drug. On January 2, 2025, the Omaha Police Department received a tip from the Airbnb owner about suspicious activity, including large pots and pans, and…
Aaron T. Luneke, Bank Fraud, Nebraska 2026
⏱ 4 min read Aaron T. Luneke, the former Chief Financial Officer of Bank of the Valley, has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for his role in a $4.3 million loan fraud scheme involving a car wash in Columbus, Nebraska. On July 13, 2026, Luneke appeared in federal court in Omaha, where he…
Floyd Coates, Drug Trafficking, Iowa 2019
⏱ 3 min read Floyd Coates and Dennis Lawson, two men with lengthy criminal histories, played roles in the disappearance and death of 18-year-old Nebraska woman Sunny Sramek in 2019. Coates, a meth kingpin, had arranged a drug resupply run to Kansas City, Missouri, and convinced Sramek to join him. They left Trenton, Nebraska, in…
