BISMARCK- U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Sept. 10, 2013, Michael Jackson, 30, Belcourt, N.D., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to a charge of assaulting and resisting a federal officer.
On May 7, 2013, a police officer with the Bureau of Indian Affairs - Turtle Mountain Agency, attempted to detain Jackson and put him into a patrol vehicle. Jackson resisted and kicked the officer in the knee.
The charge of assaulting and resisting a federal officer carries a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs - Turtle Mountain Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sentencing for Jackson has been scheduled for Dec. 20, 2013, in U.S. District Court in Bismarck, N.D., at 9:00 a.m.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandi Sasse Russell is prosecuting the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
