Olaf James Haugen, a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana, was convicted of aggravated sexual abuse by a federal jury last week.
Haugen, 29, was charged in January for raping and beating a woman in August 2013. Documents filed in federal court showed that the victim sustained numerous injuries after being sexually assaulted, bitten and threatened with a knife at a home in Lame Deer.
Sentencing is set for March 17, 2016. Haugen faces life in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Get the Story:Jury convicts Lame Deer man of sexual abuse (The Billings Gazette 12/10)
Lame Deer man found guilty at trial of rape (MTN News 12/10)
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