Tag: Nebraska
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…
Peter Jacobsson, Methamphetamine Distribution, Nebraska 2026
⏱ 2 min read Peter Jacobsson, a 39-year-old Lincoln man, was involved in a large-scale methamphetamine distribution conspiracy in the Lincoln and Omaha areas between February 2022 and March 2025. As part of the conspiracy, Jacobsson sold meth to an undercover officer on multiple occasions, including 47 grams of methamphetamine actual on September 9, 2024,…
Leonel DeLeon, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Nebraska 2024
⏱ 2 min read Leonel DeLeon, a 64-year-old from Wahoo, Nebraska, was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking ring that supplied the Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa, areas. DeLeon’s crime spree lasted from February 8, 2024, to June 21, 2024, and involved delivering over 50 grams…
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…
