Man Gets 13 Years for Beating Wife in Front of Children

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a 57-year-old Mission man to 13 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to assault and child abuse charges.

Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph Seiler says Frederick Leo Marshall pleaded guilty to the charges in June. The conviction stems from October 2014 incidents at a home in Sicangu Village while Marshall was trying to reconcile with his wife

Seiler says Marshall punched the woman in front of some of their children and slapped her with a sword. The beating fractured her eye socket and swelled her eyes to the point she could not see. Seiler says Marshall also used scissors to cut off the woman's hair.

Marshall was turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.

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