Terri Grace Red Wolf Sentenced in U.S. District Court

U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Montana
October 19, 2012

The United States Attorney’s Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on October 18, 2012, before Chief U.S. District Judge Richard F. Cebull, Terri Grace Red Wolf, a 30-year-old resident of Crow Agency and an enrolled member of the Crow Tribe of Indians, appeared for sentencing. Red Wolf was sentenced to a term of:

Prison: 30 months
Special assessment: $100
Restitution: to be determined
Supervised release: three years

Red Wolf was sentenced in connection with her guilty plea to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.

In an offer of proof filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney E. Vincent Carroll, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:

On February 5, 2011, Red Wolf was driving a van while intoxicated on a highway near Lodge Grass, within the exterior boundaries of the Crow Indian Reservation. Red Wolf crossed the center line of the road and hit a vehicle being driven by B.F.D. (hereinafter “the victim”). The victim saw Red Wolf swerving into her lane, so the victim pulled off to the side of the road. Red Wolf, nevertheless, hit the victim’s vehicle, severely injuring the victim. The victim was taken via Life-Flight to a hospital in Billings and required treatment for fractured ribs, a punctured lung, a broken/crushed foot, a fractured collar bone, and a fractured tibia. The victim has undergone several surgeries since the incident. The attending physician stated that the victim’s injuries constituted serious bodily injury.

Red Wolf’s blood alcohol content shortly after the incident was 281.7 mg/dL (0.28 gm/ml). Red Wolf had her driver’s license suspended because of a recent (March 21, 2012) DUI arrest in Big Horn County.

Because there is no parole in the federal system, the “truth in sentencing” guidelines mandate that Red Wolf will likely serve all of the time imposed by the court. In the federal system, Red Wolf does have the opportunity to earn a sentence reduction for “good behavior.” However, this reduction will not exceed 15 percent of the overall sentence.

The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.