Lexington Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Distribution

United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Jaime Ramos-Gonzalez, age 64, of Lexington, Nebraska was sentenced January 3, 2025, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for his involvement for distributing methamphetamine. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Ramos-Gonzalez to 135 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, he will begin a 5-year term of supervised release.

Beginning in the summer of 2023, investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol identified Jaime Ramos-Gonzalez as a distributor of meth in Lexington/Kearney area. A vehicle tracking device was placed on Ramos-Gonzalez's vehicle which monitored his travels. On September 20, 2023, the tracker indicated that Ramos-Gonzalez's vehicle was traveling from Kearney to Omaha. A search warrant was obtained and was executed when Ramos-Gonzalez returned to Kearney. After being stopped, Ramos-Gonzalez admitted to investigators that there was two pounds of meth in the car. A search resulted in 970 grams of pure methamphetamine being recovered.

This case was investigated by the Nebraska State Patrol.