CHEYENNE — A jury found a Sheridan man accused of fire bombing the Sheridan County Attorney’s Office guilty after deliberating for approximately three hours.
U.S. Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced that Sheridan resident Joel S. Elliott has been convicted in federal court. In June 2014, Joel Elliot fire bombed the Sheridan County Attorney’s Office.
On Thursday, after a four-day jury trial in the U.S. District Court in Casper, a jury found him guilty on all counts related to that fire. They were arson of building receiving federal funds, using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, possession of an unregistered firearm and false declaration before a Grand Jury.
Elliott is scheduled to be sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on December 18, 2015.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the Sheridan Police Department and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stuart S. Healy III.
