Ft. Hall Woman Sentenced For Assault Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury

United States Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced today that on January 18, 2013, Echo Pocatilla, a 30-year-old enrolled Shoshoni-Bannock from Ft. Hall, Idaho, appeared in Federal District Court for sentencing before United States District Judge Scott Skavdahl on a single count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. The charge carried a maximum penalty of ten years imprisonment, a $250,000.00 fine, or both; supervised release of not more than three years; restitution; and a $100.00 special assessment. Pocatilla was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment and $12,034.00 in restitution. The charge stemmed from a stabbing which occurred on September 23, 2011, on the Wind River Indian Reservation. The case was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs with assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.