Lincoln man sentenced to prison for over 17 years

LINCOLN, Neb. -- A man from Lincoln was sentenced to prison for 17 1/2 years due to gun-related charges.

U.S. Attorney Steven Russell said 24-year-old Alejandro Alvarado, of Lincoln, was sentenced on Feb. 2, 2023, in Lincoln. He was charged for possession of a machine gun and for possessing the machine gun in furtherance of drug trafficking and crimes of violence. Alvarado will serve 210 months in federal prison with a five-year term of supervised release after. There is no parole in the federal system. Alvarado's past reportedly has a lot of violence.

According to court documents, Alvarado admitted to trafficking guns, including Glock switches that were meant to convert handguns into fully automatic machineguns from  Kansas to Nebraska. One of those guns ended up in the hands of a Trip Set gang member, and ballistics found out that the handgun was used in a homicide committed in Lincoln.

Officials said Alvarado was also conspiring with others to commit home invasions in Lincoln. Alvarado was in possession of the machinegun, marijuana, and M30 pills that contained fentanyl.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Lincoln Police Department.