A 28-year-old woman of the Menominee Indian Reservation was sentenced Monday to federal prison for an assault on her 19-month-old child.
Loni M. Tepiew previously entered a guilty plea for assaulting her child. According to the plea agreement and other documents filed with the court, Tepiew fractured her 19-month-old child’s skull with a shoe and inflicted multiple bruises and other injuries to the child’s body. Further, she failed to seek medical attention for the child for a period of about six days. Based on a report, the Menominee Tribal Police ultimately entered the residence and rescued the child.
Chief U.S. District Judge William C. Griesbach classified the crime as a “brutal beating” that “cried out for justice.” Ultimately, the judge determined that this “very, very, serious offense” was worthy of 48 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
The case was investigated by the Menominee Tribal Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Humble.
