RENO—A Winnemucca man has been charged
in two separate federal indictments with shooting at six persons on the Ft.
McDermitt Indian Reservation on April 27, 2012, as well as sex trafficking of
two victims, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the
District of Nevada.
Adam Scott, 26, is charged in an
indictment returned by the grand jury on May 9, 2012 with two counts of assault
with a deadly weapon and two counts of use of a firearm during and in relation
to a crime of violence. In a second indictment returned the same day, Scott is
charged with one count of illegal transportation of a minor for prostitution
and two counts of sex trafficking of a minor or with force, fraud, or coercion.
According to the indictment and criminal
complaint filed in the shooting case, between 11:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. on
April 27, 2012, Scott drove past a residence on the Ft. McDermitt Indian
Reservation and fired multiple shots at the residence and at individuals
located nearby. The indictment does not allege that anyone was injured during
the drive-by shooting. Following the drive-by shooting, two individuals
traveled to Scott’s residence, and Scott fired a gun at them, striking one of
the individuals in the abdomen. Scott was arrested by FBI agents on May 1,
2012, and was ordered detained pending trial.
According to the indictment filed in the
sex trafficking case, on about July 31, 2010, Scott knowingly transported a
minor from California to Nevada with the intent that the victim engage in
prostitution and between July 31 and August 11, 2010, Scott knowingly used
force, fraud, and coercion to cause the minor victim to engage in sex acts.
Scott is also charged with using force, fraud, and coercion to cause a second
victim to engage in sex acts between August 11 and August 14, 2011.
If convicted, Scott faces up to 40 years
in prison on the assault charges (20 years minimum) and up to life in prison
(40 years minimum) on the sex trafficking charges, as well as fines of up to
$1.75 million.
The assault case was investigated by the
FBI and the Bureau of Indian Affairs and is being prosecuted by Assistant
United States Attorney Michael W. Large. The sex trafficking case is being
investigated by the Reno Police Department Street Enforcement Team in
conjunction with the FBI as part of the Innocence Lost Task Force and is being
prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Carla B. Higginbotham.
An indictment contains only charges and
is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to
a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a
reasonable doubt.
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