Man gets year for attacking Chitimacha woman

LAFAYETTE (AP) — Federal authorities in Lafayette say a Charenton man has been sentenced to a year in prison for assaulting a woman on the Chitimacha Indian reservation.
U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley said Tuesday that 34-year-old Durgan Joseph Burleigh received the sentence after pleading guilty to one count of “assault in Indian Country.”
The victim was identified in Finley’s news release only as a member of the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana. Finley said Burleigh is not a member of the tribe.
The FBI and the Chitimacha Tribal Police Department conducted the investigation of the Jan. 11 assault.