Date: 06-16-2016

Case Style: United States of America v. Loni M. Tepiew

Case Number: 1:15-cr-00250-WCG

Judge: William C. Griesbach

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (Brown County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Daniel R. Humble

Defendant's Attorney: Tom Phillip

Description: Green Bay, WI - Menominee Woman Sentenced to Prison for Assault on Child

Loni M. Tepiew (age: 28) of the Menominee Indian Reservation was sentenced to federal prison by Chief United States District Judge William C. Griesbach. Tepiew previously entered a guilty plea for an assault on her minor child which resulted in serious bodily injury contrary to Title 18, United States Code, Sections 113(a)(6) and 1153.

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 approximately six days. Based on a report, the Menominee Tribal Police ultimately entered the residence and rescued the child.

In pronouncing the sentence, Chief Judge Griesbach classified the crime as a “brutal beating” that “cried out for justice.” The defendant requested that she be placed on probation in lieu of incarceration. Ultimately, the judge determined that this “very, very, serious offense” was worthy of 48 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release.

The case was investigated by the Menominee Tribal Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 48 months in prison plus three years of supervised release.

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