New Town Man Pleads Guilty to Assault
BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on
May 4, 2012, Robert W. Brugh Jr., a/k/a Trebor Brugh, 40, of New Town,
N.D., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to a charge of assault resulting in
serious bodily injury.
On January 9, 2012, Brugh went to the United Prairie Cooperative in New
Town to discuss the delivery of propane from the business. Brugh became upset
that propane could not be delivered that day, and Brugh struck an employee in the
face, causing the employee’s glasses to be knocked off. Brugh then punched the
employee in the head and face, knocking the employee to the floor. The
employee’s head struck the floor as he fell. The employee suffered a closed head
injury to his brain, contusions to his head and a skull fracture and was hospitalized
for several days.
The charge of assault resulting in serious bodily injury carries a statutory maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of
Indian Affairs - Fort Berthold Agency and Three Affiliated Tribes Police
Department.
Sentencing for Brugh has been scheduled for August 3, 2012, in
U.S. District Court in Bismarck, N.D., at 10:00 a.m.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Rick Volk is prosecuting the case.
