Northern Arapaho Woman Sentenced For Assault Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury

United States Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced today that on July 1, 2013, Phoebe Dawn Soundingsides, a 28-year-old enrolled Northern Arapaho woman from Arapahoe, Wyoming, appeared in Federal District Court for sentencing before Chief United States District Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on a single count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Soundingsides received 42 months imprisonment, to be followed by two years of supervised release and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount $33,750.76 and a $100.00 special assessment. The charge stemmed from a stabbing which occurred on January 18-19, 2012, on the Wind River Indian Reservation. The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with assistance from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and local law enforcement authorities.