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Tuesday, April 01, 2008

SHARON MARY KICKING WOMAN SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT

Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on April 1, 2008, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, SHARON MARY KICKING WOMAN, a 46-year-old resident of Browning, appeared for sentencing. KICKING WOMAN was sentenced to a term of:

KICKING WOMAN was sentenced in connection with her guilty plea to burglary.

In an Offer of Proof filed by the United States, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:

On September 20, 2006, M.E., son of G.E., arrived at G.E.'s residence in Browning. When M.E. drove up to the residence, M.E. saw M.E.N.R. flee from the residence. M.E. went inside and found KICKING WOMAN trying to disconnect a DVD/VCR player from the entertainment center. M.E. also noticed that food had been taken from the pantry, freezer, and refrigerator. M.E. told KICKING WOMAN that M.E. was going to call the police. KICKING WOMAN then ran from the house.

The police arrived a short time later. After taking a statement from M.E., the police went and located M.E.N.R. and KICKING WOMAN in a nearby house. KICKING WOMAN later gave a statement in which she said that she and M.E.N.R. went to M.E.'s house because M.E.N.R. wanted to get food and other things. While inside, M.E.N.R. went through the refrigerator and tried to take the television, but did not.

Because there is no parole in the federal system, the "truth in sentencing" guidelines mandate that KICKING WOMAN will likely serve all of the time imposed by the court. In the federal system, KICKING WOMAN does have the opportunity to earn a sentence reduction for "good behavior." However, this reduction will not exceed 15% of the overall sentence.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Vince Carroll prosecuted the case for the United States.

The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.