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Date: 10-29-2021
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Case Number: 1:21-cr-00008-SPW
Judge: Susan P. Watters
Court: United States District Court for the District of Montana (Yellowstone County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Billings, MT: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with arson.
Vanessa Faith Prettyontop, also known as Vanessa Faith Gunshows, 34, was indicted for burning down a house on the Crow Indian Reservation in 2020.
In court documents filed in the case, the government alleged that on Oct. 3, 2020, Prettyontop started a fire in a house owned by the victim, identified as John Doe. The victim had nearly finished a renovation and was planning to move in. Prettyontop entered the house through an open back door and intentionally lit a mattress on fire with a lighter. The fire spread to the rest of the house and Prettyontop walked out the front door. Prettyontop called 911 to turn herself in, confessed and said she was tired of people fighting over the house.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeanne Torske prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs.
18:81.F ARSON; 18:1153(a) CRIME ON A RESERVATION
Outcome: Defendant is SENTENCED ON COUNT 1 IN THE INDICTMENT TO THE CUSTODY OF THE B.O.P FOR A TERM OF 30 MONTHS. Supervised release for a term of 5 years with standard and special conditions. Fine waived, special assessment $100 due immediately.
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