Fairbury Man Sentenced to One Year for Assault
A Fairbury man originally accused of sexual assault reached a plea agreement with the state and was sentenced to one year in jail.
Lynn William Vieselmeyer-Scheetz, age 31, appeared in Jefferson County District Court on Thursday, September 11, 2025, in the custody of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s office. David J.A. Bargen was the presiding judge.
Vieselmeyer-Scheetz was originally charged with first degree sexual assault, a class 2 felony punishable by one to 50 years in prison.
In accordance with a plea agreement, the defendant pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of assault causing bodily injury, a class 1 misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
The incident took place on October 31, 2024. The affidavit is currently under seal.
The defendant was originally scheduled to be sentenced on September 4 but sentencing was delayed one week as the defense and prosecution had a dispute over the amount of credit for time served he should receive.
A PSI (Pre-Sentencing Investigation) was completed by the Probation Department prior to the sentencing date and available for review by the court. According to the PSI and defense attorney Benjamin Murray, the total amount of time served should be 173 days.
However, County Attorney Joseph Casson asserted that the correct amount is actually only 45 days. According to Casson, Vieselmeyer-Scheetz had been arrested on another matter and some of the time served in the PSI calculation should actually go towards that case.
The Probation Department recalculated time served and determined the correct amount was 54 days.
Murray said his client was “disappointed” about the reduction in credit but still asked for time served or a minimum additional jail sentence.
Casson asked for a straight jail sentence, “I don’t believe he is a fit candidate for probation.”
Judge Bargen sentenced Vieselmeyer-Scheetz to 365 days, the maximum allowable under a class 1 misdemeanor. He noted that, under Nebraska’s “good time law,” which allows inmates to earn a reduction in their sentences for good behavior, the defendant could be released, assuming no loss of good time credit, in 136 days.
