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Date: 08-24-2022
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United States of America v. Winter Skye Bigtrack
Case Number: 3:21-cr-00153
Judge: Peter D. Welte
Court: United States District Court for the District of North Dakota (Cass County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Fargo, North Dakota criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter.
On August 11, 2021, Winter Shye Bigtrack, age 19, of St. Michael, N.D., operated a motor vehicle on Heart Road on the Spirit Lake Reservation that left the roadway and rolled, which involved another motor vehicle. As a result of the rollover, three of the five occupants of the vehicle, an adult male, a juvenile male, and a minor female, died. The fifth passenger, another minor female, suffered injuries that required her to be transported to Fargo for intensive care treatment. Bigtrack suffered a broken collar bone. The occupants of the second vehicle received minor injuries.
Further investigation revealed that Bigtrack was driving without a license, exceeding the posted speed limit, and passing in a no passing zone while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and a controlled substance.
A federal grand jury has indicted the driver of the second involved vehicle, Trina Lily Hunt, age 19 also of St. Michael, ND, on the same charges. The indictment alleges that Hunt was driving a motor vehicle without a license while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and a controlled substance at high speeds exceeding the posted speed limit, and otherwise driving recklessly.
Grand jury Indictments are allegations and are not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until he is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.
This case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the North Dakota Highway Patrol, and the case is being prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office, with Assistant United States Attorney Lori H. Conroy assigned to the case.
18:1112 and 1153 - INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
(1-3)
18:113(a)(6) and 1153 - ASSAULT RESULTING IN SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
(4)
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 57 months imprisonment on Counts 1-4, all to run concurrently and with credit for time served; 3 years supervised release on Counts 1-4, all to run concurrently; $400 special assessment; $76,786.42 restitution.
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