CHEYENNE – A St. Stephens woman was sentenced to 37 months for assaulting her boyfriend late last year.
United States Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced that on March 24, 2015, Yvonne Lynn Moss, a 38-year-old enrolled Northern Arapaho woman from St. Stephens, was sentenced by United States District Judge Scott W. Skavdahl for assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
Moss received 37 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment. Restitution will be determined at a later date.
The charge stemmed from an assault on Clarence Joseph Tyler, Moss’s boyfriend, which took place on October 11, 2014, on the Wind River Indian Reservation. Clarence Joseph Tyler subsequently died as a result of the injuries he suffered during the assault.
Investigators and court reports stated Moss and Tyler were drinking together and later that night Moss punched and possibly kicked Tyler in the face. Tyler died the next night and the autopsy concluded he died of bleeding in his brain due to a blow to the head.
According to court documents, Moss told investigators she punched him because he did not want to “sober up.” The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with substantial assistance of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
