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Tecumseh Prison inmates arrested for 2023 assaults

By John Nixon

05/01/2025

Tecumseh State Prison

(KLZA)-- Three inmates at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution have been arrested for the roles they played in an assault on several Nebraska Department of Correctional Services workers in 2023.

Eric Ramirez, 33, John Meyers, 39, and Jonathan Gonzalez Salas, 23 were arrested Tuesday by investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol.

On May 31, 2023, when the inmates attacked staff members at the Reception and Treatment Center in Lincoln. According to NSP, the inmates used manufactured weapons in the attack and severely injured five staff members.

Eric Ramirez was charged with attempted first-degree murder, use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, first-degree assault on an officer, second-degree assault on an officer and terroristic threats.

John Meyers was charged with attempted first-degree murder, use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, attempted second-degree assault on an officer and terroristic threats.

Jonathan Gonzalez Salas was charged with attempted first-degree murder, third-degree assault on an officer and terroristic threats.

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