Red Lake Man Sentenced for Assaulting Police Officer
| U.S. Attorney’s Office October 13, 2010 |
A 25-year-old Red Lake man was sentenced earlier today in Minneapolis for assaulting and breaking the nose of an officer of the Red Lake Tribal Police Department in January of 2010. United States District Court Chief Judge Michael J. Davis sentenced Jarod Lee White to 41 months in prison on one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. White was indicted on April 6, 2010, and pleaded guilty on June 17, 2010.
In his plea agreement, White admitted that on January 17, 2010, he head-butted the officer while at the Red Lake Detention Center. White had been arrested on outstanding tribal warrants and assaulted the officer while being booked at the Center.
Because the Red Lake Indian Reservation is a federal-jurisdiction reservation, some of the crimes that occur there are investigated by the FBI in conjunction with the Red Lake Tribal Police Department. Those cases are prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Erika R. Mozangue.