Young Grand Coulee man sentenced to five years for assaults

An 18-year-old Grand Coulee man was sentenced to 60 months in prison after having pleaded guilty to “Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to a Spouse, Intimate Partner, or Dating Partner in Indian Country,” the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington Vanessa R. Waldref announced last week.

Xander Lee Ostenberg also pleaded guilty to two counts of “Assault by Beating, Striking...