United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine
Ridge, South Dakota, woman convicted of Felony Child Abuse and Neglect was
sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
Darshan Featherman, age 31, was sentenced on March 7, 2018,
to 10 years in custody, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and ordered
to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund
Featherman was indicted for the charge by a federal grand
jury on December 6, 2016. The charge
related to Featherman and others intentionally starving two young children, one
of whom had been placed in Featherman’s custody.
On November 11, 2016, the two young children were
transported to Rapid City Regional and hospitalized. The attending physician stated the children
were extremely emaciated. The physician
advised law enforcement that this was the worst case of child abuse he had ever
seen in his experience as a physician, and if the children had not been found,
they would have died from chronic starvation.
This case was investigated by the Oglala Sioux Tribe
Department of Public Safety and the FBI.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Megan Poppen and Sarah Collins prosecuted the
case.
Featherman was immediately turned over to the custody of the
U.S. Marshals Service.
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