TUCSON, Ariz. - On March 11, 2019, Brian Xavier Oliver, 26, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Soto to 27 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a term of three years supervised release. Oliver previously pleaded guilty to assault of an intimate and dating partner by strangulation and assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
On Aug. 28, 2016, Tohono O’odham Police Department officers responded to a residence in the San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation regarding a domestic violence assault. Officers found the victim in severe pain with a severely lacerated lip that was hanging by a small piece of skin. She stated that during an argument she had with Oliver, he threw her down on the bed, choked her with one hand, and then bit her bottom lip.
The investigation in this case was conducted by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and detectives from the Tohono O’odham Nation Police Department. The prosecution was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Raquel Arellano and Stefani K. Hepford, District of Arizona, Tucson.
CASE NUMBER: CR-18-00106-TUC-JAS
RELEASE NUMBER: 2019-030_Oliver
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
