A man from the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for the stabbing death of a Navy SEAL who was home on leave.
Gerald Lee Littlehead, 24, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the April 12 death of Michael Bell. The two men fought outside a bar on the reservation.
Bell had been on the reservation to see family and friends. He was due to return to Iraq for a second mission.
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