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United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on May 15, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
Megan Azure, age 31, was sentenced to 4 months in custody, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $100.
Azure was indicted by a federal grand jury on October 12, 2016. She pled guilty on February 27, 2017.
The conviction stems from an incident on March 21, 2015, when Azure, who was in the Lower Brule jail on tribal charges, was being non-compliant. A correctional officer with the Bureau of Indian Affairs was asked by another correctional officer to assist with Azure. The officers directed Azure to go back into the booking area for her housing assignment. Azure refused to go and began to argue with the officers. The correctional officer advised Azure to calm down and then took a small step back, at which time Azure said some profanity to the correctional officer and then tilted her head back and brought it forward with force striking the correctional officer in the face with her head. The correctional officer’s glasses went flying. As a result of the assault, the correctional officer suffered a swollen cheek, black eye and headaches and dizziness for a few days.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Lower Brule Agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan N. Dilges prosecuted the case.
Azure was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.