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Nebraska animal-cruelty convictions

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20 verified recordsReview in progressLast reviewed 2026-09-03

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2020-01-01 through 2026-09-03; discovery review only
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Eduardo Acevedo-Jara

Omaha, NE

Conviction
One misdemeanor attempted abandoning/cruelly neglecting an animal resulting in death, reduced from the original felony charge.
Date
Plea/sentencing in 2024; retained source states 'the following November' after the July 2024 incident but does not print the exact calendar date
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Stephanie Koehler

Omaha, NE

Conviction
Animal cruelty/neglect involving a deceased Rottweiler and two severely emaciated cats kept in unsanitary conditions.
Date
October 2017
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Jessica Charf

Omaha, NE

Conviction
Animal neglect/abandonment with serious injury after attempting to castrate t...
Date
No-contest plea in June 2025; sentenced 2025-08-18
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Eldon Lewis

Kimball, NE

Conviction
One Class IV felony count of cruelty to an animal resulting in death involving the killing of a cat.
Date
No-contest plea 2025-02; sentenced 2025-03-04
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Carl Schuman

Not stated, NE

Conviction
Two qualifying livestock-animal neglect convictions: one count of abandonment/cruel neglect of livestock resulting in serious injury, illness, or death, and one count of abandonment/cruel neglect of livestock not resulting in serious injury, illness, or death.
Date
Jury verdict 2021-08-06; sentenced 2021-10-25; appellate affirmance 2022-10-18
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Thomas A. Schuman

Not stated, NE

Conviction
Two qualifying livestock-animal neglect convictions: one count of abandonment/cruel neglect of livestock resulting in serious injury, illness, or death, and one count of abandonment/cruel neglect of livestock not resulting in serious injury, illness, or death.
Date
Jury verdict 2021-08-06; sentenced 2021-10-25; appellate affirmance 2022-10-18
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Joshua Balcom

St. Paul, NE

Conviction
Misdemeanor animal neglect involving the drowning death of a black Labrador; ...
Date
Guilty plea in January 2025; sentenced 2025-05-28
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Krystal Walton

Omaha, NE

Conviction
Animal-cruelty conviction arising from stabbing two dogs and shooting one; both dogs died.
Date
Guilty plea entered before 2015-08-19
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Sherry A. Dale

Omaha, NE

Conviction
Felony animal neglect/abandonment with serious injury involving a severely emaciated and wounded dog that was ultimately euthanized.
Date
Convicted/sentenced before 2026-02-20; exact plea and sentencing dates not stated in retained appellate opinion; Nebraska Supreme Court affirmance 2026-02-20
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Shane Palmer

Omaha, NE

Conviction
Animal cruelty involving two pit bulls that died from starvation and hypothermia and were discarded down a ravine.
Date
2019-08-21
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Nathan Mayer

Omaha, NE

Conviction
Felony intentional cruelty to an animal for beating and repeatedly stabbing German Shepherd mix Shoes to death.
Date
2016-12-02
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