The United States Attorney’s Office
announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls on May 8,
2012before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, Dewey Dean Butterfly, a
39-year-old resident of Browning, pled guilty to assault resulting in serious
bodily injury. Sentencing has been set for August 20, 2012.
In an offer of proof filed by Assistant
U.S. Attorney Laura B. Weiss, the government stated it would have proved at
trial the following:
Butterfly is an enrolled member of the
Blackfeet Indian Tribe. In the late evening hours of September 9, 2011, the
victim was assaulted in a trailer by Butterfly within the exterior boundaries
of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
Butterfly repeatedly punched her face
and head, stomped on her legs, and choked her to the point of unconsciousness.
The victim was ultimately able to escape the next morning when friends came to
the trailer to check on her.
The victim was transported to the
hospital, where she was prescribed potent pain medication as a result of the
extreme pain and had injuries resulting in what the treating physician
described as protracted and obvious disfigurement to her face. The victim also
lost consciousness as a result of the assault.
Butterfly faces possible penalties of 10
years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years’ supervised release.
The investigation was conducted by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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