Fort Yates Woman Sentenced for Child Abuse
| U.S. Attorney’s Office November 14, 2011 |
BISMARCK—United States Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on November 14, 2011, Sally F. Sees The Elk, 33, of Fort Yates, North Dakota, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of child abuse in Indian country. Sees The Elk pleaded guilty to the charge on August 23, 2011.
Judge Hovland sentenced Sees The Elk to two years of probation, which includes four months of home confinement. Sees The Elk was ordered to pay $1298.92 in restitution and to pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victim’s Fund. Sees The Elk admitted that sometime between October 2009 to February 2010 Sees The Elk injured a child by hitting the child.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Indian Affairs—Standing Rock Agency.
Assistant United States Attorney Rick Volk prosecuted the case.