United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 16 unsealed Indictments charging 16 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
* Howard Taylor Bassette, III, age 40 of Winnebago, is charged in a three-count Indictment. Count I charges Bassette with aggravated sexual assault by force or threat on November 9, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges Bassette with sexual abuse of an incapable victim. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count III charges Bassette with incest on November 9, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 4 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a two-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Jon T. Bogart, age 59, of Lincoln, Nebraska, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges Bogart with attempted receipt of child pornography on Oct. 21, 2019, through on or about August 14. 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 40 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment and $35,000 in additional penalties. Count II charges Bogart with possessing child pornography on Aug. 14, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment and $17,000 in additional penalties.
* Juan Burnell, age 33, of Omaha, is charged in a three-count Indictment. Count I charges Burnell with distribution of visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct on June 20, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 40 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment and $17,000 in additional penalties. Count II and III charge Burnell with possession of child pornography June 20, 2020 and Aug. 1, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment and $17,000 in additional penalties.
* Dione T. Carter, Jr., age 21, of Omaha, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges Carter with possession of a firearm following a conviction of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence on or about Sept. 23, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges Carter with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine on Sept. 23, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, $1,000,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Samuel O. Dick, age 31, of Macy, Nebraska, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges Dick with assault of an intimate partner by strangulation on Oct. 20, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges Dick with assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm on October 9, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Jonathan Fair, age 39, of Lincoln, Nebraska, is charged with a false statement to Government Agency on or about Dec. 15, 2015. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 5 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Ernesto Guerrero Zarraga, age 19, of Wood River, Nebraska, is charged in a five-count Indictment. Count I charges the defendant with possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) on May 1, 2019. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 40 years’ imprisonment, $5,000,000 fine, four-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges the defendant with possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine on Aug. 22, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, $1,000,000 fine, three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count III charges the defendant with felon in possession of a firearm during drug trafficking crime on or about Aug. 22, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count IV charges the defendant with possessing a firearm during drug trafficking crime on or about Aug. 22, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment consecutive to the possession charges, a $250,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count V charges the defendant with possession with intent to distribute marijuana on Aug. 22, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 5 years’ imprisonment, $250,000 fine, one-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Malik Akeem Jones, age 23, of Lincoln, Nebraska, is charged with a false statement during the purchase of a firearm on or about June 26, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 5 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Juan Ramos Ciprian, a/k/a Juan Alonzo-Alvarez, age 40, is charged with reentry of a removed alien after having been convicted of a felony on or about July 23, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Camron A. Rogers, age 21, of Omaha, is charged with a felon in possession of ammunition on or about Oct. 22, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Pradish Jehan Selvaraj, age 35, of Omaha, is charged with coercion and enticement of a minor on Oct. 27, 2020 through on or about November 4, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a life term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment and $5,000 in additional penalties.
* Thomas J. Trouba, age 26, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges Trouba with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute marijuana on an unknown date in 2016 to on or about Sept. 18, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, $1,000,000 fine, two-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges Trouba with possession with intent to distribute marijuana on Sept. 18, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 20 years’ imprisonment, $1,000,000 fine, two-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. There is also an allegation to forfeit United States currency seized on or about Sept. 18, 2020.
* Chandler J. Tuttle, age 19, of the Santee Sioux Nation Indian Reservation, is charged with assault resulting in serious bodily harm on Oct. 25, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Cornell Williams, age 48, of Omaha, is charged with a felon in possession of a firearm on or about September 4, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Katherine L. Woitaszewski, age 34, of West Point, Nebraska, is charged in a two-count Indictment. Count I charges the defendant with felon in possession of a firearm on or about Oct. 28, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges the defendant with possession of a stolen firearm on or about Oct. 28, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a three-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment.
* Jose De Jesus Zazueta-Cano, age 44, is charged with possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) on May 1, 2019. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is 40 years’ imprisonment, $5,000,000 fine, a four-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges the defendant with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine on November 4, 2020. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is life imprisonment, $10,000,000 fine, a five-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. There is also an allegation to forfeit United States currency seized on or about November 4, 2020.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
