United States Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced
today that on January 18, 2013, Echo Pocatilla, a 30-year-old enrolled
Shoshoni-Bannock from Ft. Hall, Idaho, appeared in Federal District
Court for sentencing before United States District Judge Scott Skavdahl
on a single count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. The
charge carried a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000
fine, or both; supervised release of not more than three years;
restitution; and a $100 special assessment.
Pocatilla was sentenced to 37 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment and $12,034 in restitution. The charge stemmed from a stabbing which occurred on September 23, 2011, on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs with assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Pocatilla was sentenced to 37 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment and $12,034 in restitution. The charge stemmed from a stabbing which occurred on September 23, 2011, on the Wind River Indian Reservation.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs with assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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