United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on March 15, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
John DeNoyer, age 33, was sentenced to 15 months in custody, followed by 2 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
DeNoyer was indicted for Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, and Impeding a Federal Officer by a federal grand jury on July 14, 2015. He pled guilty on Dec. 14, 2015.
On May 31, 2015, a Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services Officer responded to a report that DeNoyer was drunk and causing a disturbance in the community of North Antelope on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. As the officer exited his vehicle and attempted to talk to DeNoyer, DeNoyer backed away and began to shake a canister of pepper spray. The officer directed DeNoyer to drop the can, but he refused. The officer retrieved his own pepper spray and sprayed DeNoyer, who then sprayed the officer with the can he was holding. DeNoyer was subsequently arrested.
This case was investigated by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Tim M. Maher and Kirk W. Albertson prosecuted the case.
DeNoyer was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
