Man sentenced for beating girlfriend

A federal court sentenced a man to two years in prison for beating his girlfriend, a U.S. Attorney’s office said last week.

U.S. District Judge Rosanna Malouf Peterson sentenced Louis Mark Clark, 28, Nespelem, to 24 months after Clark had pleaded guilty last September to “Crime on Indian Reservation - Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury,” a press release said. The sentence is to be followed...