United States Attorney Marty J. Jackley
announced today that Jacklyn Short Bull of Pine Ridge appeared before
U.S. Magistrate Judge Marshall P. Young in federal court and pled not
guilty to the charges of assault resulting in serious bodily injury and
assault with a dangerous weapon following an investigation conducted
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Short Bull was indicted by a
federal grand jury which met in October 2006. The maximum penalty upon
conviction is ten years imprisonment and/or a $250,000 fine. Jackley
said the charges relate to an incident which occurred on June 2, 2006,
near Pine Ridge wherein Short Bull grabbed the steering wheel of the
vehicle where she was a passenger and forcibly steered the car into a
man walking along the road. As a result of being struck by the vehicle,
the victim suffered serious bodily injury. This charge is merely an accusation
and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
Assistant United States Attorney Gregg S. Peterman is prosecuting the
case. No date has been set for trial.
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