A Keshena man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Green Bay to sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl earlier this year.
According to the plea agreement filed in court:
Jacob J. Zhuckkahosee, 20, told FBI investigators that he went to a friend’s residence on the Menominee Indian Reservation on the day of the assault and got high on synthetic marijuana. The friend left but the girl victim came over and sat next to Zhuckkahosee.
No one else was present when Zhuckkahosee made sexual contact with the girl. The girl began to cry and Zhuckkahosee stopped and told her to go home.
The girl’s mother told tribal police on July 17 that her daughter complained about being sexually abused by Zhuckkahosee.
During a July 23 interview at the Willow Tree Cornerstone Child Advocacy Center in Green Bay, the girl told staff that Zhuckkahosee took off her clothes except her underwear before making the sexual contact.
Zhuckkahosee told the FBI that he was sorry for what he did and wanted to get treatment or counseling.
His trial date was Oct. 29.
Zhuckkahosee faces maximum statutory penalties of life in prison and a $250,000 fine at his Jan. 6 sentencing before District Judge William Griesbach.
The U.S. Attorney and Zhuckkahosee’s attorney, Thomas Phillip, will recommend a nine-year sentence for Zhuckkahosee, which falls within advisory sentencing guidelines for the offense.
Griesbach will consult the guidelines to impose a sentence that factors in the seriousness of the offense, the girl’s age, Zhuckkahosee’s timely guilty plea, prior convictions and any other relevant conduct.
Zhuckkahosee has been in custody since being charged with the offense on Aug. 19.
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