U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming Christopher A. Crofts announced today that on October 28, 2015, Justin Hayes, 40, was sentenced in federal magistrate court to 104 days imprisonment on one count of assaulting, resisting, opposing, and interfering with a federal officer, in connection with an incident in which he blew blood into the face of a Bureau of Indian Affairs, Wind River Police Department Officer while the officer was attempting to get Hayes into a jail cell. Following imprisonment, Hayes will serve one year of supervised probation during which time he was ordered to attend recommended alcohol treatment and pay restitution in the amount of $285 a.m.ong other terms and conditions. Hayes was also ordered to pay a $25 special assessment.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.