NESHOBA COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A Pearl River woman pled guilty to assaulting a tribal member with a knife in the Pearl River Community of the Choctaw Indian Reservation. 

According to court documents, in 2023, Telinah Kowi Tek Farve, 25, stabbed the tribal member with a knife causing serious bodily injury. Prosecutors said Farve was indicted by a federal grand jury, and she pled guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.

Farve is scheduled to be sentenced on August 6, 2024, and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. A federal district judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The Choctaw Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the case.