Published September 27, 2012, 10:09 AM
ND man sentenced to 7 months for punching officer
A man accused of punching a police officer on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation has been sentenced to seven months in prison.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A man accused of punching a police officer on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation has been sentenced to seven months in prison.
Bruce Flying Horse, of Cannon Ball, pleaded guilty in June to assaulting a federal officer. Authorities say he struck an officer in the chin while he was being arrested for a domestic disturbance.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland says the 23-year-old Flying Horse must spend six months in a halfway house when he is released from prison.
Flying Horse faced a maximum penalty of eight years in prison.
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