POCATELLO - Kayla Teton, 23, of Fort Hall, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to assaulting a federal officer, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. She was indicted on Feb. 26, 2013.
On January 6, 2013, Teton was arrested on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation for intoxication. She was taken to the Fort Hall Correction Center where she refused to change into jail clothing, and slapped a Fort Hall Corrections officer in the face with her hand.
The charge is punishable by up to eight years in prison, a maximum fine of $250,000, and up to three years of supervised release.
Teton is set for sentencing on June 18, 2014, by Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Pocatello.
The case was investigated by the Fort Hall Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
