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Date: 03-04-2019
Case Style:
United States of America v. Daylin Takendrick St. Pierre and Dakota James Charboneau
Case Number: 3:18-cr-00108-KES
Judge: Karen E. Schreier
Court: United States District Court for the District of North Dakota (Cass County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Janice M. Morley and Jenifer Puhl
Defendant's Attorney: Theodore T. Sandberg for Charboneau
Charles Justin Sheeley for St. Pierre
Description:
Fargo, ND - Two Spirit Lake Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for their roles in the Murder of Carla Yellowbird
United States District Court Judge Karen E. Schreier, District of South Dakota, sentenced Daylin Takendrick St. Pierre, age 21, Spirit Lake Indian Reservation, ND, after he pled guilty in November 2018, to serve 27 1/2 years in federal prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release for the offenses of Conspiracy to Commit Robbery; Use of a Firearm in Relation to a Felony Crime of Violence; and Felony Murder. St. Pierre was further ordered to pay $300 to the Crime Victims’ Fund, as well as $11,659 in restitution to the victim.
Judge Schreier also sentenced Dakota James Charboneau, age 24, also of Spirit Lake, after he pled guilty in November 2018, to serve 50 years in federal prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release for the offenses of Second Degree Murder, Aiding and Abetting; and Use of a Firearm in Relation to a Felony Crime of Violence. Charboneau was further ordered to pay $200 to the Crime Victims’ Fund, as well as $11,659 in restitution to the victim.
On August 23, 2016, Ms. Carla Yellowbird traveled to the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation with Suna Guy, who previously plead guilty to Felony Murder and was sentenced in this case. While on the Spirit Lake Reservation, Dakota Charboneau and Guy planned to rob Ms. Yellowbird of her money and belongings, and later recruited Daylin St. Pierre to do the robbery. In the morning of August 24, 2016, St. Pierre shot and killed Ms. Yellowbird while robbing her.
This case was investigated by the Mandan Police Department; North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation; Bureau of Indian Affairs; and the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
Charges:
Charboneau
18:1111 and 1153 - SECOND DEGREE MURDER and 18:2 - AIDING AND ABETTING
(1s)
18:924(c)(1)(A)(iii) - USE OF A FIREARM IN RELATION TO A FELONY CRIME OF VIOLENCE and 18:2 - AIDING AND ABETTING
(2s)
St. Pierre
18:1111, 1153, and 2111 FELONY MURDER and 18:2 AIDING AND ABETTING
(1)
18:371, 1111, 1153, and 2111 CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT ROBBERY and 18:2 AIDING AND ABETTING
(2)
(3)
Outcome: Sentence:
Charboneau
300 months on count one to run concurrent with case numbers: 3:17-cr-261 and 3:18-cr-14; and 300 months on count 2 to run consecutive to count 1 and case numbers: 3:17-cr-261 and 3:18-cr-14; 5 years supervised release, $200 special assessment, $11,659.71 restitution; remand to the United States Marshal
St. Pierre
210 months on counts 1 and 2, and 120 months on count 3 to run consecutive to the other counts, for a total of 330 months imprisonment, 5 years supervised release, $300 special assessment, $11,659.71 restitution, remand to the United States Marshal
02/26/2019 66 JUDGMENT by Judge Karen E. Schreier as to Daylin Takendrick St. Pierre (2), Count(s) 1, 2, 3: 210 months on counts 1 and 2, and 120 months on count 3 to run consecutive to the other counts, for a total of 330 months imprisonment, 5 years supervised release, $300 special assessment, $11,659.71 restitution, remand to the United States Marshal by Judge Karen E. Schreier. (sg) (Entered: 02/26/2019)
02/26/2019 67 STATEMENT OF REASONS re 66 Judgment as to Daylin Takendrick St. Pierre by Judge Karen E. Schreier. (sg) (Entered: 02/26/2019)
02/26/2019 68 JUDGMENT by Judge Karen E. Schreier as to Dakota James Charboneau (1), Count(s) 1s, 2s: 300 months on count one to run concurrent with case numbers: 3:17-cr-261 and 3:18-cr-14; and 300 months on count 2 to run consecutive to count 1 and case numbers: 3:17-cr-261 and 3:18-cr-14; 5 years supervised release, $200 special assessment, $11,659.71 restitution; remand to the United States Marshal by Judge Karen E. Schreier. (sg) (Entered: 02/26/2019)
02/26/2019 69 STATEMENT OF REASONS re 68 Judgment as to Dakota James Charboneau by Judge Karen E. Schreier. (sg) (Entered: 02/26/2019)
02/26/2019 70 SENTENCING MEMORANDUM as to Daylin Takendrick St. Pierre. (Puhl, Jennifer) (Entered: 02/26/2019)
02/26/2019 71 SENTENCING MEMORANDUM SUPPLEMENT (Sealed) as to Daylin Takendrick St. Pierre re 70 Sentencing Memorandum. (Puhl, Jennifer) (Entered: 02/26/2019)
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