This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)), published as received.
Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Jose Vidal Navarro-Gonzalez, 47, formerly of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on July 6, 2022, in federal court in Omaha for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Navarro-Gonzalez to 108 months’ imprisonment on the drug charge, consecutive to 60 months on the gun charge for a total sentence of 168 months. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Navarro-Gonzales will begin a 5-year term of supervised release.
On February 22, 2021, law enforcement obtained a search warrant on Navarro-Gonzalez’s Omaha residence. Officers recovered approximately 9,850 grams of methamphetamine, a shotgun, and a High Point .45 caliber pistol.
Navarro-Gonzalez agreed to speak to law enforcement, admitting that he lived in the residence, distributed methamphetamine and had purchased the pistol recovered in the house. Navarro-Gonzalez also acknowledged that he had a shotgun underneath his bed that was not functional.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Omaha Field Division, and the Omaha Police Department.
