A Nebraska Volunteer Firefighter Is Charged With Sexual Assault
A Waterloo volunteer firefighter has been charged with sexual assault after authorities say he drugged a woman and attacked her while she was incapacitated.
The Douglas County Attorney has charged 27-year-old Brandon Hanusek with first-degree sexual assault of a mentally or physically incompetent person. Neither Hanusek nor his lawyer responded to messages from the Omaha World-Herald about the case, but he has filed documents seeking to plead not guilty in the case.
The woman who was the victim of the alleged assault discussed the details of it with the newspaper. She said she woke up naked and vomiting in a bathroom she didn’t recognize after the attack with bruises on her back, sides and legs. She said she hopes that by coming forward to discuss her case, she might encourage other victims of sexual assault to come forward.
