RENO, Nev. – A tribe member today was arraigned in federal
court before U.S. District Magistrate Judge Carla Baldwin for the murder of an
individual on tribal land, announced Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of
Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI.
Steven Bryan, 51, of Reno, was indicted with one count of
murder in the first degree. According to the indictment, on or about December
13, 2019, on the Carson Indian Colony, Bryan allegedly shot and killed an
individual in the head with a rifle.
Bryan was arrested this morning and remains in custody
pending an April 7, 2020, trial date. If convicted, Bryan faces a maximum
sentence of life imprisonment.
An indictment merely alleges that crimes have been
committed. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a
reasonable doubt in a court of law.
This case was the product of an investigation by the FBI.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Penelope Brady and Richard Casper are prosecuting the
case.
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