Lummi man gets two years after repeatedly beating wife

A Lummi man accused of slamming his wife’s head through a wall was sentenced to two years in federal prison Tuesday, Aug. 18.

Lonnie Jess James Sr., 50, assaulted his estranged wife in November 2014 when he thought she had a boyfriend, according to court documents filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle.

The woman reported that James entered her house on Lummi Reservation and began punching her, throwing her around the room and slamming her head on the floor. When she tried to call 911, he shoved her into drywall, which had a hole where she hit it, charges say.

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