Indictment — No. 1:23-cr-00116 (Dkt. 1, W.D. Mich.)

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Two-count indictment filed September 19, 2023 in the Western District of Michigan, case 1:23-cr-00116, against George James Hall and Stephen Dale McClellan. Count 1 charges both men with aggravated sexual abuse of Victim 1, by force, on or about August 4, 2023 in Leelenau County, on trust land of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Count 2 charges McClellan alone with abusive sexual contact with Victim 2 the same day. U.S. Attorney Mark A. Totten and Assistant U.S. Attorney Erin K. Lane signed it. These are charges.

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     Case 1:23-cr-00116-PLM ECF No. 1, PageID.1 Filed 09/19/23 Page 1 of 2



                                  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                                  WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
                                       SOUTHERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                Plaintiff,

        v.

GEORGE JAMES HALL and
STEPHEN DALE MCCLELLAN,                                                             INDICTMENT

             Defendants.
___________________________________ /

        The Grand Jury charges:
                                                 Count 1
                             (Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Aiding and Abetting)

        On or about August 4, 2023, in Leelenau County, in Indian Country, on land held in trust by the

United States for the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, in the Southern Division of

the Western District of Michigan, the defendants,

                                     GEORGE JAMES HALL and
                                    STEPHEN DALE MCCLELLAN,

both being Indians, knowingly engaged in, and aided and abetted the engagement in, the following sexual

acts with Victim 1, an Indian female, by using force against Victim 1: contact between the penis and Victim

1’s anus; contact between the penis and penis and Victim 1’s mouth; contact between the mouth and Victim

1’s vulva; and penetration of Victim 1’s genital opening by hand or finger with an intent to abuse, humiliate,

harass, degrade, or arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.

18 U.S.C. 2241(a)(1)
18 U.S.C. 2246(2)
18 U.S.C. 1151
18 U.S.C. 1153
18 U.S.C. § 2
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                                                Count 2
                                        (Abusive Sexual Contact)

        On or about August 4, 2023, in Leelenau County, in Indian Country, on land held in trust by the

United States for the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, in the Southern Division of

the Western District of Michigan, the defendant,

                                   STEPHEN DALE MCCLELLAN,

an Indian, knowingly engaged in sexual contact with Victim 2. Specifically, the defendant intentionally

touched Victim 2’s buttocks, and caused Victim 2 to touch his groin, through clothing, with an intent to

abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, and arouse and gratify the sexual desire of any person.

18 U.S.C.   2244(b)
18 U.S.C.   2246(3)
18 U.S.C.   1151
18 U.S.C.   1153
                                                   A TRUE BILL

                                                   __________________________________________
                                                   GRAND JURY FOREPERSON

MARK A. TOTTEN
United States Attorney

___________________________________
ERIN K. LANE
Assistant United States Attorney


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