United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
10/23/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/23/2024 15:18
Neopit Man Indicted for Assault with Intent to Murder, Burglary, and Domestic Violence Offenses on Menominee Indian Reservation
Press Release
Neopit Man Indicted for Assault with Intent to Murder, Burglary, and Domestic Violence Offenses on Menominee Indian Reservation
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Wisconsin
Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on October 22, 2024, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Nee Gee J. Cloud, a 31-year-old from Neopit, Wisconsin, with intent to murder, burglary, and a domestic violence assault on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
The indictment charged Cloud as follows:
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COUNT |
DATE |
CHARGE |
PENALTY |
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One |
On or about September 20, 2024 | Assault with Intent to Murder, 18 U.S.C. §§ 113(a)(1) and 1153(a) | Up to 20 years in prison, up to $250,000 fine |
|
Two |
On or about September 20, 2024 | Burglary, 18 U.S.C. § 1153(a) and Wis. Stat. § 943.10(2)(d) | Up to 10 years in prison, up to $250,000 fine. |
|
Three |
On or about September 20, 2024 | Domestic Assault by Habitual Offender, 18 U.S.C. § 117 | Up to 10 years in prison, up to $250,000 fine. |
Cloud also faces terms of supervised release and special assessments of $100 per count if convicted.
According to filed court documents, on or about September 20, 2024, while at a location on the Menominee Indian Reservation, Cloud allegedly assaulted a woman with whom he was living. Cloud allegedly stomped on the woman's head and neck, rendered her unconscious, punched her repeatedly in the head and face, kicked her torso, and slammed her face into the floor. All of this resulted in lacerations and facial fractures to the woman, who was hospitalized for nearly a month. Court documents allege some of Cloud's actions were captured by an in-home camera system.
The Menominee Tribal Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the case. Assistant United States Attorneys Andrew J. Maier and Alexander E. Duros will prosecute the case in U.S. District Court in Green Bay.
An indictment is only a charge and not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which the government must prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Updated October 23, 2024
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