Informational: Federal Court Arraignments
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty:
Appearing in Billings before U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Cavan and pleading not guilty on Dec. 8 was:
Johnathan Taylor Dugan, 37, a transient, on charges of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. If convicted of the most serious crime, Dugan faces a maximum of 30 years in prison, a $1 million fine and five years of supervised release on bank fraud and a mandatory minimum two years in prison, consecutive to any other sentence, a $250,000 fine and one year of supervised release on aggravated identity theft. Dugan was detained pending further proceedings. The Billings Police Department, Bozeman Police Department and FBI investigated the case. PACER case reference. 22-132.
Appearing on Dec. 6 was:
Sergio Antonio Lopez, 32, of Hardin, on charges of assault by strangulation of a former spouse and assault resulting in substantial bodily injury of former spouse. If convicted of the most serious crime, Lopez faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Lopez was detained pending further proceedings. The FBI investigated the case. PACER case reference. 22-135.
Theo Summers Buffalo Bulltail, 39, of Billings, on charges of prohibited person in possession of firearm and ammunition and possession of unregistered firearm. If convicted of the most serious crime, Bulltail faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Bulltail was detained pending further proceedings. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case. PACER case reference. 22-86.
The progress of cases may be monitored through the U.S. District Court Calendar and the PACER system. To establish a PACER account, which provides electronic access to review documents filed in a case, please visit http://www.pacer.gov/register.html. To access the District Court’s calendar, please visit https://ecf.mtd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/PublicCalendar.pl
