Brian Gordon Graves, a 35-year-old man from Red Lake, Minnesota, was found guilty of domestic assault by a habitual offender in a federal court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The jury delivered the verdict yesterday in the trial, which was the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Red Lake Tribal Police Department.
According to the indictment and evidence presented at trial, on October 6, 2012, Graves assaulted the victim with a 12-gauge shotgun.
This assault was committed after Graves was convicted on at least two prior occasions in Red Lake Indian Tribal Court, for criminal domestic violence in 1997 and first-degree assault in 1998.
The domestic assault by a habitual offender law was enacted in 2006 by Congress as support to the Violence Against Women Act of 2000.
The U.S. Justice Department is taking steps to increase engagement, coordination, and action relative to public safety in tribal communities, including the creation of the Violence Against Women Federal and Tribal Prosecution Task Force.
Graves faces a potential maximum penalty of ten years in federal prison on the assault with a dangerous weapon count, and a potential maximum penalty of five years on the domestic assault by a habitual offender count.
U.S. District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank will determine Graves’s sentences at a future hearing, not yet scheduled.
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Key Facts
- State: Minnesota
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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