BILLINGS—A Hardin man who admitted punching and strangling
his partner last year on the Crow Reservation was sentenced today to 33 months
in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
James Keith Bellrock, Jr., 44, pleaded guilty in August to
assault resulting in serious bodily injury to a dating partner and to assault
of a dating partner by strangulation.
U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters presided.
The prosecution said in court records that on Jan. 10, 2018,
the victim told FBI agents during an interview at St. Vincent Healthcare’s
emergency room in Billings that Bellrock had assaulted her at their St. Xavier
residence, on the Crow Reservation.
Bellrock had become angry and then violent with the victim,
punching her in the head and face several times and strangling her until she
lost consciousness. Blood samples collected from the residence and from
coveralls worn by Bellrock at the time of the assault showed strong support
that the blood belonged to the victim.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lori Suek and Law Intern Ryan Warner
prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the FBI.
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