MINNEAPOLIS, MN – A Red Lake man will spend the next 30 years behind bars for kidnapping and brutally assaulting three victims on the Red Lake Indian Reservation.
DARRELL ALAN LUSSIER, 36, was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison for the heinous crimes, which occurred on February 9, 2015.
According to court documents, LUSSIER used his fists and feet to assault victim G.L.M. after the two individuals got into a verbal argument at G.L.M.’s home. He then wrapped a shoelace around the victim’s neck in an attempt to strangle him and threw him into a crawlspace beneath the home.
LUSSIER continued his violent rampage, brutally assaulting two other victims, D.M.R., who is legally blind, and D.M.R.’s sister, N.L.R., before throwing them into the crawlspace as well.
The three victims were found the next day and taken to the Red Lake Hospital and subsequently transferred to Sanford Hospital in Fargo, all suffering from traumatic brain injuries and various broken bones and other injuries.
The case was investigated by the FBI and the Red Lake Police Department, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Deidre Y. Aanstad.
LUSSIER was found guilty of all counts on September 3, 2015, following a four-day trial, and was sentenced on January 20, 2016 before Judge Richard H. Kyle in U.S. District Court in Duluth, Minn.
LUSSIER will also serve five years supervised release after his prison sentence.
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Key Facts
- State: Minnesota
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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