Cannon Ball Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor
| U.S. Attorney’s Office July 20, 2011 |
BISMARCK—United States Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on July 20, 2011, Richard C. Black Cloud, 22, Cannon Ball, North Dakota, pleaded guilty in United States District Court to a charge of sexual abuse of a minor.
Black Cloud admitted to engaging in a sexual act with a juvenile sometime between May 2009 through August 2009 on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation
The charge of sexual abuse of a minor carries a statutory maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Indian Affairs - Standing Rock Agency.
Sentencing for Black Cloud has been scheduled for October 27, 2011, in United States District Court in Bismarck, North Dakota, at 2:30 p.m.
Assistant United States Attorney Rick Volk is prosecuting the case.