FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
WAYNE DEPUTEE FOUND GUILTY IN U.S. FEDERAL COURT
Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that on July 22, 2008, in Billings, after a 2-day federal district court trial before U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, WAYNE DEPUTEE, a 52-year-old resident of Lodge Grass, was found guilty of aggravated sexual abuse. Sentencing is set for October 23, 2008. DEPUTEE is currently detained.
DEPUTEE faces possible penalties of a mandatory minimum of 30 years in prison and could be sentenced to life, a $250,000 fine and lifetime supervision.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lori Harper Suek prosecuted the case for the United States.
The investigation was a cooperative effort between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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