Nebraska man gets 82-93 years in marijuana-deal killing
A Nebraska man was sentenced to 82 to 93 years in prison for the 2024 shooting death of a man who died outside a south Lincoln grocery store during a marijuana deal. Officers found 9.69 pounds of marijuana in the victim's vehicle.
🇺🇸 Lincoln, Nebraska · Nebraska, United States
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Kaeylab Gonzales, a 22-year-old man from Denton, Nebraska, was sentenced on 12
November 2026 to 82 to 93 years in prison for manslaughter, using a firearm to
commit a felony, assault by a confined person without a weapon and a
controlled-substance charge.[1]Gonzales had pleaded guilty the previous month
to manslaughter and using a firearm to commit a felony, having originally been
charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm to commit a felony,
possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and unlawful discharge of a
firearm.[1]
First responders found Alvis with three gunshot wounds about a mile from where
the shots were reportedly fired; he was taken to Bryan West medical center,
where he died.[1]
Police arrested Crayton on 6 July after connecting him to the scene, and
arrested Gonzales on 12 August after an arrest warrant was executed in Lincoln.[1]
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Booking photo of the two men arrested over the killing, Kaeylab Gonzales (left) and Ge'Auvieon Crayton (right). Photo: Lancaster County Department of Corrections.Photo details
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Left out, as its quotation was not found in 1011 NOW (KOLN): Gonzales and 22-year-old Ge'Auvieon Crayton were arrested in connection with the killing of 25-year-old Francisco Javier Alvis.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in 1011 NOW (KOLN): On 5 July 2024, police were called to a parking lot near South Coddington Avenue and West A Street after callers reported shots fired near Russ's Market and a man suffering from gunshot wounds near South Folsom and West A streets.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in 1011 NOW (KOLN): Police said the men were there to sell marijuana and waiting for Crayton to arrive; officers later found 9.69 pounds (about 4.39 kg) of marijuana in Alvis's vehicle, according to a separate arrest affidavit.
Left out kg seized, as its quotation was not found in 1011 NOW (KOLN).
A federal court sentenced Christopher L. Daniels, 47, of Tallahassee, Florida, to 25 years in prison after a jury convicted him of possessing controlled substances with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm as a felon. A January 2026 search of his home seized a pound (about 0.45 kg) of marijuana alongside methamphetamine, cocaine, crack cocaine, synthetic cathinones and four pistols.
Nigel White was sentenced in Brown County court to 18 years in prison plus 10 years of extended supervision for his role in the August 2024 marijuana deal on Berner Street where Brandon Ramirez was shot dead. White, one of five people charged, had pleaded no contest to felony murder; prosecutors said he drove a getaway vehicle.
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A federal judge sentenced Christopher S. Robinson, 31, of Springfield to 15 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl for distribution, a case that began with a May 2024 raid in Jacksonville. Police reported finding 1.8 pounds of cannabis there and charged him with felony cannabis possession with intent to deliver.
Six traffickers were sentenced on 4 November 2026 in the Northern District of West Virginia to a combined 37 years in federal prison for fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking. Officers seized about 68.15 kilograms of marijuana in two of the cases, including 150 pounds at a Keyser duplex, alongside fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine.
