United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced
the guilty plea of TIMOTHY JAMES LAJEUNESSE, 28, for assaulting a minor on the
Red Lake Indian Reservation. LAJEUNESSE, who was indicted on May 21, 2019,
pleaded guilty today before Senior Judge Ann D. Montgomery in U.S. District
Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is scheduled to be sentenced on February 5,
2020.
According to LAJEUNESSE’s guilty plea, in the early morning
hours of January 13, 2019, after a night of drinking, LAJEUNESSE returned to
his residence on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. LAJEUNESSE initially went to
sleep, but upon waking up, he grabbed a minor, who was also sleeping in the
residence, and attempted to strangle her. In the course of the assault he
punched and kicked her. As a result of the assault, the minor sustained a large
bruise on her forehead, smaller bruises throughout the rest of her body, and
marks on her neck that are consistent with attempted strangulation.
This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the
Red Lake Department of Public Safety and the FBI Headwaters Safe Trails Task
Force.
Assistant United States Attorney Angela M. Munoz-Kaphing is
prosecuting the case.
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