LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)– Jeanerette man pleaded guilty Wednesday to resisting, attacking and threatening a Chitimacha police officer.

Barry David Bryce, 61, of Jeanerette, Louisiana, pleaded guilty before U.S.Magistrate Judge Patrick Hanna to assaulting a police officer.

According to the guilty plea, a Chitimacha tribal police officer pulled over Bryce’s vehicle on September 23, 2017, on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

After conducting a number of field sobriety tests, the officer arrested him. While in handcuffs, Bryce began making threats of violence against the officer and kicked the him.

Bryce also resisted the officer’s attempt to put him in a police vehicle, authorities said.

Bryce faces up to a year in prison, a year of supervised release and a $100,000 fine.

Jurisdiction in Indian Country is based upon the unique sovereign relationship between the federal government and Indian tribes.

Congress has criminalized certain acts that take place in Indian Country.