POCATELLO – Stormy Ray Adakai, 24, of Fort Hall, Idaho,
pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney
Bart M. Davis announced today. Adakai was indicted by a federal grand jury in
Pocatello on November 27, 2018. Sentencing for Adakai is set for January 22,
2020, before Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye at the federal courthouse
in Pocatello.
According to court records, on September 2, 2018, at
approximately 3:02 a.m., the Fort Hall Police were notified of a truck driver
who had been assaulted while inside his semi-truck parked near the TP Gas
Station on Ross Fork Road, in the area of the Fort Hall Casino, on the Fort
Hall Indian Reservation. The victim told police that, while he was asleep in
his truck’s cab, an unknown male, later identified as Adakai, broke into the
cab and assaulted him. Adakai demanded money and struck the victim repeatedly
with rocks. As a result of the assault, the victim suffered a broken nose, a
broken orbital (eye) bone, and a brain hemorrhage. The victim also had seizures
as a result of the brain hemorrhage.
A witness identified Adakai as the assailant. Investigators
then interviewed Adakai. Adakai admitted assaulting the victim, using rocks to beat the victim. He stated that he
was intoxicated and wanted money from the victim.
The charge of assault resulting in serious bodily injury is
punishable by up to ten years in prison, a maximum fine of $250,000, and a term
of supervised release of up to three years.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the Fort Hall Police Department.
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