Leake County Man Sentenced to 153 Months for Shooting on the Choctaw Indian Reservation
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Mississippi announced on October 20, 2026, that Leake County man Jarvis Ficklin was sentenced that day to 153 months in federal prison for assault with a dangerous weapon and use of a firearm during a crime of violence on the Choctaw Indian Reservation. U.S. Attorney Baxter Kruger and Robert A. Eikhoff, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Jackson Office, made the announcement.
According to court documents, Ficklin, 37, of Lena, used a shotgun to shoot a tribal member on the Choctaw Indian Reservation, resulting in serious bodily injury to the victim. A federal grand jury indicted Ficklin on the assault and firearms charges in March 2022, and on March 31, 2026, he pleaded guilty to the charges.
In addition to the 153-month prison term, Ficklin was ordered to serve five years of supervised release following his release and was fined $1,000. The FBI and the Choctaw Police Department of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kevin J. Payne and Brian K. Burns and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Kalleigh McCoy prosecuted it.
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