North Dakota Man Gets 33 Months in Prison for Assault Conviction in McLaughlin

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A North Dakota man has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for assaulting and seriously injuring a man in South Dakota.

U.S. District Judge Charles Kornmann has ordered 18-year-old Victor Twinn to follow his prison term with three years of supervised release. Twinn, of Fort Yates, North Dakota, earlier pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.

Authorities say Twinn got into a fight with a man on Jan. 1 in front of a house in McLaughlin. They say Twinn knocked the victim to the ground, kicked him in the head, rendered him unconscious and continued assaulting him by repeatedly stomping on his head.

Authorities say the victim was hospitalized for some time due to his injuries.

Twinn is now under the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.

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