Gore Woman Sentenced for Assaulting Her Husband
U.S. Attorney’s Office January 06, 2011 |
MUSKOGEE, OK—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that GUSSIE MAE KELLEY, age 70, of Gore, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 27 months of probation, with all 27 months to be served on home detention with electronic monitoring, for assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 113(a)(3) and 1153, and assimilated assault and battery - domestic violence, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1151, 1152 and Title 21, Oklahoma Statutes Annotated, Section 644(C).
The charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Cherokee Nation Marshal Service, and the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Department. KELLEY was Indicted in June 2010, and pled guilty in July, 2010.
The indictment alleged that on or about April 21, 2010, KELLEY, a Native American and member of the Cherokee Nation, deliberately and maliciously assaulted her 73-year-old husband with a wooden stick.
The Honorable Ronald A. White, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over today’s hearing.
Assistant United States Attorney Dean Burris represented the United States.