The defendant has also been charged with physically
assaulting a federal correctional officer
United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced
the sentencing of DONTAY LAVARICE REESE, 38, to 324 months in prison for a
violent kidnapping. REESE, who pleaded guilty on February 13, 2019, was
sentenced today before Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.S. District Court in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. During the sentencing hearing Judge Schiltz commented
that the defendant is extremely dangerous and the public needs to be protected
from him. Judge Schiltz further remarked that Mr. Reese is an extraordinarily
cruel and selfish person, with one of worst records [the Judge] had ever seen
among federal detainees at the Sherburne County Jail.
A second indictment against REESE was unsealed on June 26,
2019, charging him with assaulting a federal law enforcement officer while in
custody on the kidnapping charge at the Sherburne County Jail. [1]
“The strength and resilience of this victim has helped
ensure the defendant is held accountable for his heinous crimes, and that our
community is safe from a violent offender with a long criminal record,” said
United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald. “We are grateful for her courage. We
are also thankful to the family who witnessed the defendant’s brutality and called
the police. ”
"Mr. Reese will be spending a significant amount of
time in prison thanks in large measure to the remarkable courage of the victim
in this case," said Jill Sanborn, Special Agent in Charge of the
Minneapolis Division of the FBI. "Today, we thank our law enforcement
partners for their excellent work and focus our support on the victim for
showing immeasurable strength throughout this most difficult time."
According to the defendant’s guilty plea and documents filed
in court, in the early morning hours of August 6, 2017, REESE met the victim,
T.M., in downtown Minneapolis. REESE offered T.M. a ride home; however, instead
of driving her home, he drove her around the Twin Cities metro area against her
will, and eventually drove her out of Minnesota and into Wisconsin. The
defendant told the victim that he was going to take her “several states away”
and use her to make money as a prostitute. The victim attempted to escape
multiple times - each time she was captured and violently restrained and
assaulted by REESE. A family witnessed one of the escape attempts in Foster,
Wisconsin and called 911.
After the 911 call, the Wisconsin State Patrol began looking
for the victim and the defendant. The
victim was eventually able to free herself from the defendant, and found the
Wisconsin State Patrol as she ran out of a wooded area off of Interstate 94 in
Jackson County, Wisconsin. The victim’s wrists were bound and she was screaming
for help. REESE came out of the same wooded area shortly after, fully naked and
attempted to cross the interstate on foot. He was taken into custody.
These cases are the result of an investigation conducted by
the FBI, Wisconsin State Patrol, Jackson County (Wisconsin) Sheriff’s
Department, Eau Claire County (Wisconsin) Sheriff’s Department, the Minneapolis
Police Department, and the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office.
These cases are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S Attorney
Angela Munoz-Kaphing.
Defendant Information:
DONTAY LAVARICE REESE, 38
Burnsville, Minnesota
Convicted:
Kidnapping, 1
count
Sentenced:
324 months in
prison
5 years of
Supervised Release
Restitution pendi
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