Poplar Man Sentenced For 2021 Assault

Thomas Ivan Reese Larson, who admitted to beating a woman on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in 2021, was sentenced on June 20 to 15 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said last week.

The defendant, 25, pleaded guilty in February to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.

Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided.

The government alleged in court documents that, in January 2021 in Poplar, Larson assaulted the victim, identified only as Jane Doe, during an argument while he was intoxicated. Larson held the victim by her throat and struck her in the face, causing multiple injuries to her face and neck.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecuted the case. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Fort Peck Tribes Department of Law and Justice conducted the investigation.