Tokio Man Sentenced on Sexual Abuse Charge
| U.S. Attorney’s Office February 25, 2011 |
FARGO—United States Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on February 24, 2011, Anthony Scott Weiker of Tokio, North Dakota, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Ralph R. Erickson on a charge of sexual abuse.
Weiker, 25, pleaded guilty on November 16, 2010, to inserting his fingers in the vagina of a woman who at the time was incapable of appraising the nature of the conduct. The victim was sleeping at the residence of Weiker’s mother when the incident happened in July of 2009 on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation.
Judge Erickson sentenced Weiker to six years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release. Weiker was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victim’s Fund.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Assistant United States Attorney Janice M. Morley prosecuted the case.