11/15/2024 | Press release | Archived content
United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Jason Walker, age 54, of Macy, Nebraska, was sentenced on November 15, 2024, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for aggravated sexual abuse with children in Indian Country. Chief United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Walker to 360 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Walker's release from prison, he will begin a 7-year term of supervised release.
In February 2024, a minor victim disclosed to a trusted adult that Walker had inappropriately touched the minor victim on multiple occasions. Following a forensic interview during which the minor victim disclosed the extensive nature of Walker's sexual abuse, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began an investigation into Walker's conduct which resulted in Walker admitting to sexually abusing the minor victim on more than 50 occasions over the course of a roughly two-year period.
Before pronouncing Walker's 30-year sentence, Chief U.S. District Court Judge Rossiter described Walker's criminal conduct, saying, "I think the word 'horrific' is appropriate, and perhaps not even enough here."
This case was prosecuted in federal court because the offense was a felony and occurred on the Omaha Nation Indian Reservation in Nebraska.
This case was investigated by <_w3a_listitem listvalue="[CHOOSE AN AGENCY]" datavalue="[CHOOSE AN AGENCY]"><_w3a_listitem listvalue="the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. " datavalue="the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. "><_w3a_listitem listvalue="the Drug Enforcement Administration." datavalue="the Drug Enforcement Administration."><_w3a_listitem listvalue="the Federal Bureau of Investigation." datavalue="the Federal Bureau of Investigation."><_w3a_listitem listvalue="the Department of Homeland Security." datavalue="the Department of Homeland Security."><_w3a_listitem listvalue="Homeland Security Investigations." datavalue="Homeland Security Investigations."><_w3a_listitem listvalue="Immigration and Customs Enforcement." datavalue="Immigration and Customs Enforcement."><_w3a_listitem listvalue="the Internal Revenue Service." datavalue="the Internal Revenue Service."><_w3a_listitem listvalue="IRS Criminal Investigations." datavalue="IRS Criminal Investigations."><_w3a_listitem listvalue="the Lincoln/Lancaster County Drug Task Force. " datavalue="the Lincoln/Lancaster County Drug Task Force. "><_w3a_listitem listvalue="the Lincoln Police Department." datavalue="the Lincoln Police Department."><_w3a_listitem listvalue="the Nebraska State Patrol." datavalue="the Nebraska State Patrol."><_w3a_listitem listvalue="the Omaha FBI's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force" datavalue="the Omaha FBI's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force"><_w3a_listitem listvalue="the Omaha Police Department." datavalue="the Omaha Police Department."><_w3a_listitem listvalue="the Postal Inspection Service." datavalue="the Postal Inspection Service."><_w3a_listitem listvalue="the U.S. Secret Service." datavalue="the U.S. Secret Service.">the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
<_w3a_listitem listvalue="[CHOOSE A CONTACT]" datavalue="[CHOOSE A CONTACT]"><_w3a_listitem listvalue="Donald J. Kleine - Chief, General Criminal Unit" datavalue="Donald J. Kleine - Chief, General Criminal Unit"><_w3a_listitem listvalue="Matt Lierman - Chief, Drug Enforcement Unit " datavalue="Matt Lierman - Chief, Drug Enforcement Unit "><_w3a_listitem listvalue="Lecia Wright - Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney" datavalue="Lecia Wright - Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney">Lecia Wright - Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney (402) 661-3700