Source: Office of United States Attorneys
United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Junian M. Johnson, 47, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on March 13, 2024, in federal court in Omaha for being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Johnson to 120 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Johnson’s release from prison, he will begin a 3-year term of supervised release.
On November 13, 2022, Omaha Police Officers responded to report of shots fired in the area of N. 24th and Bristol Streets in Omaha. Douglas County Dispatch advised the caller had observed a black Chevrolet Tahoe with the driver firing gunshots in the area. Reporting officers tracked the vehicle’s license plate to its registered address just a few blocks away.
As officers responded to the home, they observed the defendant seated in the driver’s seat of the vehicle in the driveway of the residence. There were no other individuals in or around the vehicle.
Officers initially called out to the driver, later identified as Johnson, to speak to him. Johnson opened the rear driver’s door and could be seen reaching into the vehicle before locking the vehicle, throwing the keys into the vehicle, then closing the locked door. While speaking with Johnson, officers observed what appeared to be a magazine to a firearm sticking out from underneath the driver’s seat of the vehicle in plain view.
Johnson’s vehicle was searched pursuant to a search warrant. Officers recovered a yellow bag containing a Glock 29- 10mm handgun with one round in the chamber, and a loaded magazine was found under the driver’s seat. The handgun was reported stolen out of Bellevue, Nebraska. In the center console officers found a clear baggie containing 27 blue circular pills, stamped with an “M” and a “30” – later confirmed to contain fentanyl according to a forensic laboratory report.
Johnson has the following prior convictions: Felon in Possession of a Firearm (1998) and Conspiracy RICO – Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana (2009), both in the United States District Court, District of Kansas; and Possession of Cocaine, Marijuana, No Drug Stamp (2002), in the District Court of Sedgwick County, Kansas; and Felon in Possession of Ammunition (2015), in the United States District Court, District of Nebraska.
This case was investigated by the Omaha Police Department.