PAPILLION, Neb. (WOWT) – An employee of a company that helps authorities transport bodies appeared in court after supposedly manipulated with one of those scenes in October 2023.

In court Monday, Ryan Smith, 42, pleaded “no contest” to charges of theft/shoplifting, burglary and impersonating an officer, all of which are misdemeanors.

Smith was previously arrested on a robbery charge before the charge was reduced to a misdemeanor. He also faced a charge of tampering with physical evidence.

He will be sentenced on January 27, 2025, according to court documents.

The Sarpy County Prosecutor’s Office told 6 News they had not found any evidence that other scenes potentially involving Smith had evidence of tampering.

According to court documents, Smith was one of two people who came to pick up the deceased after a natural death at a residence near 144th Street and Giles Road.

Later that day, Smith contacted the property manager and told him that he had been asked to pick up a life-size sex doll that had been found at the location so they could swab it and perform a “biopsy.” .

The request was denied, but according to a statement from a sheriff’s investigator, the manager investigating the noises at the residence found him there with the lock locked and the chain secured, his clothes disheveled.

Documents indicate Smith left, saying he would return with a court order to get the doll back. The manager contacted the police.

Investigators returned to the scene and noticed items, including a survival kit, had been moved. The Douglas County Crime Lab was called to process the scene, collecting fingerprints from the kit, in particular. Investigators also planned to request DNA samples from the doll.

Justin Dalton, owner of Mid America First Call, said Smith was not working at the time of the alleged incident but had been fired.

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