Man accused of stabbing BIA official in back pleads guilty

BISMARCK, N.D. - A man accused of stabbing the Bureau of Indian Affairs superintendent in the back on South Dakota's Crow Creek Indian Reservation has pleaded guilty to attempted murder under a deal with prosecutors.

In return for Brian Iron Boulder's guilty plea last week, federal prosecutors dropped two assault charges. Iron Boulder could have faced 50 years in prison if convicted on all three counts he faced. Court documents indicate he now will face between 15 ½ and 19 ½ years in prison when sentenced Sept. 14 in U.S. District Court in Pierre, South Dakota.

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