AO 91 (Rev 08/09) Criminal Complaint 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

United States of America 

v. 

Jonathan Courtney 

Defendant(s) 

for the 

District of Oregon 

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Case No. 

CRIMINAL COMPLAINT 

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I, the complainant in this case, state that the following is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. 

On or about the date(s) of September 14, 2015 in the county of in the 

District of ___ O_re~g~o_n ___ , the defendant(s) violated: 

Code Section 

18 U.S.C. §§ 111(a) & (b) 

Offense Description 

Assault on a Federal Officer: On or about September 14, 2015, within the 

District of Oregon, defendant Jonathan Courtney did forcibly assault, 

resist, oppose, impede, intimidate and interfere with an officer or employee 

of the United States or of any agency in any branch of the United States 

Government while the individual was engaged in or on account of the 

performance of his official duties and that Courtney used a deadly or 

dangerous weapon in doing so, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 111(a) and (b). 

This criminal complaint is based on these facts: 

See attached affidavit of Warm Springs Detective Sam Williams. 

~ Continued on the attached sheet. 

Complainant's signature 

Sam Williams, Detective Warm Springs Police Dept. 

Printed name and title 

Sworn to before me and signed in my presence. 

Date: 09/16/2015 

Judge 's signature 

City and state: Portland, Oregon Hon. Patricia Sullivan, U.S. Magistrate Judge 

Printed name and title 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ) 

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DISTRICT OF OREGON ) 

SS. AFFIDAVIT 

I, Sam M. Williams, detective for the Warm Springs Police Department, first 

being duly sworn, do hereby depose and say as follows: 

1. I am a Task Force Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 

Safe Trails Violent Crimes Task Force. I have successfully completed th.e 

Criminal Investigator Training Program (CITP) at the Federal Law 

Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia. I am a Special Deputy 

U.S. Marshal authorized to investigate and enforce violations of the criminal 

laws set forth in Title 18, of the United States Code. 

2. I have been a full time law enforcement officer for over 13 years, and have 

received over 1,950 hours of formal police training. I have been an 

investigator for over 8 years, and have had the opportunity to work on 

numerous cases involving assaults on officers. 

3. This affidavit is made in support of a Criminal Complaint charging Jonathon 

Courtney with Assault on a Federal Officer, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 

111(a) and (b). 

4. I know from talking with the officers involved and from my own personal 

involvement in the incident and investigation that on September 14, 2015, 

Patrol Officers of the Warm Springs Police Department responded to 1320 

B Deer Loop, Warm Springs, Oregon to investigate a report that an 

intoxicated person had fired shots inside that residence. I know that 1320 B 

Deer Loop is within the exterior boundaries of the Warm Springs Indian 

Reservation, located within the District of Oregon. The initial call came into 

police dispatch at approximately 7:20 p.m. 

5. When officers responded they initially evacuated an adjacent residence, 

1320A Deer Loop, as well as some other nearby residences. The officers 

then attempted to talk to the resident at 1320B, who they knew to be 

Jonathan Courtney (Courtney), a Warm Springs Tribal member and Native 

American, with a date of birth (dob) of 07-XX-1980. 

6. While the officers were attempting to contact Jonathan Courtney he called 

Warm Springs Detective Josh Capehart and requested to talk to the Warm 

Springs Chief of Police Dennis White Ill. 

7. Chief White Ill was called about the incident and he responded to the area. 

After Chief White Ill arrived he walked towards the residence. As Chief 

White Ill was approaching the residence he observed Courtney standing in 

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the doorway of the residence. Chief White called out to Courtney and 

Courtney acknowledged Chief White Ill. At this point Chief White Ill was 

standing approximately 15 yards away from Courtney on the street in front 

of the property at 1320 B Deer Loop. After Courtney addressed Chief White 

Ill by name he then raised and pointed a Glock Model 19, 9mm pistol at 

Chief White Ill, and began counting down from 3. Chief White Ill stopped 

and then quickly backed away. Chief White Ill later told me when Courtney 

pointed the pistol at him, he believed he was going to be shot. 

8. Chief White Ill is a commissioned Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Federal 

Law Enforcement Officer and an officer or employee of the United States or 

an agency within a branch of the United States Government who is 

authorized to enforce violations of federal law, to include those in Title 18 of 

the United States Code. He was also responding to the incident within the 

course of his official duties. 

9. As Chief White Ill was leaving the residence Siagigi Hintsataki DOB 10-XX1978, a neighbor and friend of Courtney, ran into the residence with 

Courtney. Officers established a perimeter around the residence and 

continued to try and establish contact with Courtney. 

10. Several times during this incident Courtney would come out of the 

residence with the pistol in his hand. At one point Courtney yelled for the 

police to send two officers in to get him and at another time he yelled "just 

shoot me." At one point officers heard Courtney "rack the slide" of his gun, 

indicating he was apparently putting a round in the chamber and that he 

was ready to shoot. During this standoff, Warm Springs Patrol Sgt. Danny 

Komning had taken a position across the street and was urging Jonathon to 

put down the pistol. Sgt. Komning is also a commissioned BIA Federal Law 

Enforcement Officer and an officer or employee of the United States or an 

agency within a branch of the United States Government who is authorized 

to enforce violations of federal law, to include those in Title 18 of the United 

States Code. He was also at the incident as part of his official duties. 

11. At one point during the standoff when Courtney came out of the house he 

pointed the Glock pistol directly at Sgt. Komning and took a ready to shoot 

stance with a two handed grip on the pistol. Sgt. Komning, who was across 

the street about 20 yards away, later told me when Courtney pointed the 

pistol at him in that manner, he thought Courtney was going to shoot him. 

Courtney then pointed the gun in the direction of two other Warm Springs 

Police Officers. Courtney then went back into the house. 

12. Courtney subsequently came out of the house again, with his pistol in his 

hand, and Siagigi Hintsataki followed him outside, locking the door of the 

residence behind her. Once outside, Courtney fired a shot in the general 

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direction of Sgt. Danny Komning. At this point Siagigi Hintsataki tried to 

wrestle the gun away from Courtney. 

13. During the struggle between Courtney and Hintsataki, the pistol discharged, 

striking Hintsataki in the left leg. Hintsataki continued struggling with 

Courtney, throwing the pistol a short distance. Courtney then retrieved the 

pistol and then turned and went back to the residence and kicked open the 

door and dragged Hintsataki back inside 

14. Early in the morning of September 15, 2015, Hintsataki walked out of the 

residence and officers went and got her and she was transported to St. 

Charles Hospital in Madras, Oregon. The FBI SWAT team then made entry 

into the residence and found Courtney asleep inside. He taken into custody 

on Tribal charges and booked into the Warm Springs Correctional Facility 

on Tribal charges. Inside the residence Officers found the Glock pistol 

Courtney had threatened the officers with, as well as multiple types of 

ammunition, to include 9mm ammunition, as well as four other firearms. 

15. Special Agent Clayton Smith and I Interviewed Hintsataki in the emergency 

room at St. Charles Hospital at about 3:20 a.m. on September 15, 2015. 

She stated she had seen Courtney point the gun at Chief White Ill, and she 

ran into Courtney's residence against the commands of the police on scene. 

Hintsataki stated she had calmed Courtney and he gave her the magazine 

from the pistol and a bullet from the chamber of the pistol. Believing the 

pistol was empty, Hintsataki followed Courtney out the door, locking it 

behind her. Hintsataki stated she tried to take the pistol from Courtney, 

saying that she was accidentally shot in the leg during the struggle. 

Courtney helped Hintsataki into his residence and dressed her wound. 

16. Officer Tim King and I interviewed Courtney at the Warm Springs Police 

Department at about 7:09 p.m. I read Courtney his Miranda rights, and 

Courtney agreed to talk to us. Courtney stated he called Detective Capehart 

and asked for Chief White Ill to talk to him. Courtney remembered coming 

out of his residence with the pistol in his hand. Courtney remembered 

struggling with Hintsataki, and Hintsataki shooting herself in the leg. 

Courtney did not remember pointing the pistol at Chief White Ill, nor 

shooting a round in the general direction of Sgt. Komning. Courtney stated 

he would not put down the pistol, because if he was going to go, he was 

going to go "my way." Courtney said he did not want to hurt anyone, but 

inferred he wanted the police to shoot him. Courtney also said he was 

intoxicated during the incident. 

17. At 7:45 p.m., I informed Courtney he was under arrest for Assaulting a 

Federal Officer. 

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18. Based on the facts described above concerning the actions of Jonathan 

Courtney, I believe that probable cause exists that, on or about September 

14, 2015, within the District of Oregon, Jonathan Courtney did forcibly 

assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate and interfere with an officer or 

employee of the United States or of any agency in any branch of the United 

States Government while the individual was engaged in or on account of 

the performance of his official duties and that Courtney used a deadly or 

dangerous weapon in doing so, thus committing the felony crime of Assault 

of a Federal Officer, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 111(a) and (b). 

19.Assistant United States Attorney Scott Kerin has reviewed this affidavit and 

concurs that it establishes probable cause for the issuance of a warrant for 

the arrest of Jonathan Courtney. 

Dated this / fc ft day of September, 2016 

k I!!!. ltlJ/m~ Sam M. Williams 

FBI Task Force Agent 

Warm Springs Police Department 

Investigations Division 

-tfcSUBSCRIBED AND swiJ TO befoAe this I (c day of 

September, 2015. , ,;: 

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Honorable Judge Patricia Sullivan 

United States Magistrate Court Judge 

District of Oregon 

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