Son of Dallas County Attorney Charged in Nebraska Bank Robbery

The son of Dallas County Attorney Wayne Reisetter was arrested for bank robbery in September in Lincoln, Neb., the Des Moines Register reported Friday.

But prosecutors told the newspaper a decision to charge Kirk Reisetter, 24, of Kearney, NE, with a state crime rather than a federal one had nothing to do with his father’s influence or position in Iowa.

A trial date has not been set for Kirk Reisetter, who police said on Sept. 12 robbed the Nebraska Bank of Commerce, 250 N. 14th St. in Lincoln.

Wayne Reisetter told the Register he had no comment on his son’s case.

Police said Kirk Reisetter left the bank, located near the University of Nebraska campus, with an undisclosed amount of money.

The Register story says:

Kirke Reisetter was arrested after a Park & Go employee recognized the car the suspect drove after the robbery and recalled that the suspect paid his parking fee with a credit card. The suspect was also recorded on video.

Jan Sharp, criminal chief for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Nebraska, said while bank robberies are considered federal crimes, state prosecutors in urban areas “may be more inclined to take the case instead of deferring federal prosecutions.”

Kirk Reisetter was charged with robbery II under Nebraska state law, a felony that carries as little as one year and as much as 50 years behind bars. 

He was released from the Lancaster County Jail two days after his arrest, posting $10,000 of a $100,000 bond.

Lancaster County Attorney Joe Kelly said he did not know until Friday that Kirk Reisetter was Wayne Reisetter’s son. He said he learned that from Jim Rocke, the prosecutor in his office handling the case. Rocke was informed by Kirk Reisetter’s attorney “somewhere along the line,” Kelly said.

Kelly said decisions on charging in bank robbery cases are joint jointly made by prosecutors in his office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nebraska.