Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that on June 24, 2009, in Great Falls, after a 2-day federal district court trial before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, JEREMY LESLIE ADAMS, a 35-year-old resident of South Dakota, was found guilty of sexual abuse. Sentencing is set for October 15, 2009. He is currently detained.

ADAMS faces possible penalties of life in prison, a $250,000 fine and lifetime supervision.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lori Harper Suek and Jessica T. Fehr prosecuted the case for the United States.

The investigation was a cooperative effort between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Fort Peck Tribes Criminal Investigation Division.

 

 

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