Box Elder woman admits stabbing man

From the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Distritc of Montana

GREAT FALLS — A Box Elder woman admitted Wednesday she stabbed a man in the hand and chest with a butterfly knife on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation last year, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.

Katie Lynn Big Bow, 44, pleaded guilty to assault of a dating partner. Big Bow faces a maximum five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release.

U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided and set sentencing for May 7. Big Bow was detained pending further proceedings.

The prosecution said in court records that the assault occurred May 2 when Big Bow stabbed the victim with a butterfly knife in the left hand and upper chest at his house in Box Elder. The victim was transported to Northern Montana Hospital for treatment. Big Bow and the victim were in a relationship.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Paulette Stewart is prosecuting the case, which was investigated by the FBI and Rocky Boy’s Chippewa Cree Law Enforcement.