United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Waylon Blackbird, 28, was sentenced in federal court today in Omaha, Nebraska, for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Blackbird to 36 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing his term of imprisonment, Blackbird will begin a three-year term of supervised release.
On May 19, 2018, Blackbird assaulted an officer with the Omaha Nation Law Enforcement Services when the officer attempted to handcuff Blackbird after responding to a report of a domestic assault at a residence on the Omaha Indian Reservation. Blackbird struck the officer in the face, causing a laceration and breaking the officer’s I-Kam video recording glasses.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Omaha Nation Law Enforcement Services.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
