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    An Arizona woman was sentenced to 6 years in prison for conspiring to damage the Dakota Access Pipeline at multiple locations in Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota. Ruby Montoya admitted to using cutting torches and setting fires to damage the pipeline. The damage totaled over $3 million. The sentence demonstrates that domestic terrorism will be aggressively prosecuted. The FBI will continue working with partners to investigate and prosecute domestic terrorists.

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    An Arizona woman was sentenced to 6 years in prison for conspiring to damage the Dakota Access Pipeline at multiple locations in Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota. Ruby Montoya admitted to using cutting torches and setting fires to damage the pipeline. The damage totaled over $3 million. The sentence demonstrates that domestic terrorism will be aggressively prosecuted. The FBI will continue working with partners to investigate and prosecute domestic terrorists.

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    United States Attorney’s Office

    Southern District of Iowa


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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: MacKenzie Tubbs


    September 22, 2022 Public Information Officer
    SDIA.gov | @USAO_SDIA [email protected]

    Arizona Woman Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for


    Conspiracy to Damage the Dakota Access Pipeline

    DES MOINES, IA – An Arizona woman was sentenced today in federal court to six years
    in prison for Conspiracy to Damage an Energy Facility. Ruby Katherine Montoya, age 32, was
    ordered to serve three years of supervised release to follow her prison term and pay $3,198,512.70
    in restitution.
    According to court documents, Montoya, and co-defendant Jessica Reznicek, as early as
    November 8, 2016, and continuing until May 2, 2017, conspired with other individuals to damage
    the Dakota Access Pipeline at several locations within the Southern District of Iowa, Northern
    District of Iowa, and the District of South Dakota. Specifically, Montoya admitted to damaging
    and attempting to damage the pipeline by: (1) using an oxyacetylene cutting torch to burn holes
    in the pipeline, and (2) setting fire to pipeline instrumentation and equipment in Mahaska, Boone,
    and Wapello Counties within the Southern District of Iowa.
    U.S. Attorney Richard D. Westphal stated, “The sentence imposed today demonstrates
    that any crime of domestic terrorism will be aggressively investigated and prosecuted by the
    federal government. The seriousness of the defendant’s actions – that occurred multiple times, at
    different locations, resulting in over $3 million dollars in restitution – warranted the significant
    prison sentence imposed by the Court and should deter others who think of engaging in such
    criminal acts.”
    Following the sentencing, FBI Omaha Special Agent in Charge Eugene Kowel said, “The
    sentence received by Ruby Montoya sends a clear message that those who commit violence
    through an act of domestic terrorism will be identified, investigated, and prosecuted. The FBI is
    committed to protecting the American people. We will continue to work with our law enforcement
    partners to bring domestic terrorists to justice.”

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    Montoya’s co-defendant, Jessica Reznicek, was sentenced to 96 months imprisonment on
    June 30, 2021.
    This matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Bureau of Alcohol,
    Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Iowa Department of Public Safety, Fusion Center; Iowa State
    Fire Marshall; Des Moines Police Department; Sheriff’s Departments in Mahaska, Boone, Buena
    Vista, Cherokee, Jasper, Polk, Sioux, and Wapello Counties in Iowa; Lincoln County in South
    Dakota; and Minnehaha County in Minnesota. The case was prosecuted by the United States
    Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

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