Raul Tomas Mata, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, South Dakota 2023

A 22-year-old man from Little Eagle, South Dakota, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for a violent assault that left a three-year-old child seriously injured.

Raul Tomas Mata, 22, was sentenced on June 5, 2023, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. The crime took place on April 29, 2022, in Little Eagle, within the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation.

Mata fired a rifle from a vehicle towards several houses, striking the child in the abdomen and causing serious and life-threatening bodily injury. The child was just three years old at the time of the attack.

Mata was indicted by a federal grand jury in July 2022 and pleaded guilty on March 14, 2023. In addition to his 10-year prison sentence, Mata was also ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund and to pay restitution in the amount of $5,150.31.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Justice Services, Standing Rock Agency, FBI, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Corson County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Cameron J. Cook prosecuted the case.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a violent crime reduction effort led by the government. Project Safe Neighborhoods focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.

The defendant was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service following the sentencing. Raul Tomas Mata, 22, of Little Eagle, South Dakota, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. The crime took place on April 29, 2022, in Little Eagle, South Dakota.

The exact criminal charges against Raul Tomas Mata are Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. The crime took place in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The sentence or outcome of the case is 10 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, restitution in the amount of $5,150.31, and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sd/pr/little-eagle-man-sentenced-assault-3