A federal jury has convicted a resident of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Owyhee of witness tampering.
The Department of Justice says R.C. Crutcher tried to persuade a victim from testifying at a federal trial. Prosecutors say Crutcher made multiple phone calls from jail to his mother, asking her to find and persuade a victim not to show up for trial so his case would be dismissed.
Following a four-day trial, Crutcher was found guilty of one count of tampering with a witness.
Crutcher faces up to 20 years in prison when he's scheduled to be sentenced next February.
