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Prosecutors Discuss Plea Deal In BIA Official’s Stabbing

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they met with the Bureau of Indian Affairs superintendent for South Dakota’s Crow Creek Indian Reservation before entering into a plea deal with a man accused of stabbing the official in the back.

Brian Iron Boulder pleaded guilty last week to attempting to murder Patrick F. Duffy in March, and federal prosecutors dropped assault charges. Iron Boulder will be sentenced Sept. 14.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office says Iron Boulder pleaded guilty to the most serious charge — which could put him in prison for up to 20 years. She also says the prosecutor consulted with Duffy before offering the plea deal.

Defense attorney Douglas A. Abraham declined to say why his client accepted the plea deal rather than take the case to trial.

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