Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District
of Wisconsin, announced that Jeremy Nunway (age: 40), a former resident of the
Menominee Indian Reservation, received a sentence in separate cases in United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in Green Bay.
Nunway, an enrolled member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, pleaded
guilty on September 25, 2019, to Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited
Person, and Domestic Assault by Strangulation. At a hearing on December 5,
2019, United States District Judge William C. Griesbach imposed a total
sentence of 48 months in prison, followed by 36 months on supervised release.
The investigation revealed that on October 9, 2018. Nunway
possessed a loaded SKS 7.62x39mm rifle, which was in the defendant’s residence
in a remote area of the Menominee Indian Reservation. A previous felony
conviction prohibited Nunway from possession of a firearm. Officers with the
Menominee Tribal Police Department and Menominee Conservation Department
discovered the rifle while investigating a domestic violence incident involving
Nunway and a Menominee woman.
On April 17, 2019, Nunway strangled and assaulted the same
woman, with whom he was involved in a domestic relationship, while at a
residence in Middle Village, which is on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The
woman sustained injuries during the incident that required medical attention.
In sentencing Nunway, Judge Griesbach observed that in both
incidents Nunway engaged in violent offenses, where Nunway was “abusive and
brutal to others,” which required punishment.
Judge Griesbach also observed the need to deter others who might
consider engaging in violence against women, or in similar actions despite
legal prohibitions against possessing firearms.
The Menominee Tribal Police Department and Federal Bureau of
Investigation investigated the case. It was prosecuted by Assistant United
States Attorney Andrew J. Maier.
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