Jury Convicts Honduran Man for Assaulting a Federal Officer

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that on December 16, 2025, a jury found Marvin Aleman Zepeda, 37, originally of Honduras, guilty of forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating, or interfering with a federal officer after a two-day federal trial in Omaha, Nebraska. Chief United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., presided over the trial. Zepeda faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

Evidence at trial established that on June 10, 2025, law enforcement, including Deputy United States Marshals, were assisting with the execution of a court authorized civil search warrant at Glenn Valley Foods in Omaha when they encountered Zepeda hiding in a crawl space. Despite receiving repeated commands from law enforcement to come out and surrender, Zepeda refused to comply. After more than 30 minutes of Zepeda failing to comply with law enforcement commands, two Deputy United States Marshals entered the crawl space to secure Zepeda. As the Deputy United States Marshals approached Zepeda, giving him commands to show his hands, Zepeda instead armed himself with a box cutter, or utility knife, with an open blade. Additional attempts were made to secure Zepeda’s compliance, including the presence of a K9 officer and K9. All told, it took nearly 90 minutes for law enforcement to ultimately secure Zepeda into custody.

Zepeda will be sentenced on March 13, 2025, at 9:00 AM, before Chief Judge Rossiter in Omaha.

This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the United States Marshals Service, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, and Douglas County Sheriff’s Office assisted in securing Zepeda.