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Man sentenced to 1 year in prison for January assault of Chitimacha Tribe member

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana — Federal authorities in Lafayette say a Charenton man has been sentenced to a year in prison for assaulting a woman on the Chitimacha Indian reservation.

U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley said Tuesday that 34-year-old Durgan Joseph Burleigh received the sentence after pleading guilty to one count of "assault in Indian Country."

The victim was identified in Finley's news release only as a member of the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana. Finley said Burleigh is not a member of the tribe.

http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/36c6845c04d740e281ef565fbf677813/LA--Reservation-Assault-Sentence

 

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