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ND man pleads guilty to officer assaults in jail

The Bismarck Tribune

MINOT, N.D. — A Belcourt man has pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting a federal law officer.

U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon says Richard Bruce Jr., 36, faces up to 28 years in prison and $500,000 in fines when he’s sentenced next Feb. 14.

Authorities say Bruce elbowed one officer in the ribs and spit in another officer’s face on July 2 at the Turtle Mountain Correctional Facility in Belcourt.

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