After five fellow co-defendants admitted guilt in a 2021 kidnapping and assault of a girl in Wolf Point, the sixth defendant pleaded guilty Wednesday.
Cheri Cruz Granbois, 21, pleaded guilty to kidnapping of an individual under 18. Granbois faces a mandatory minimum 20 years to life in prison, a $250,000 fine and five years to a lifetime of supervised release.
In court documents, the government alleges on Sept. 15, 2021, a group of people lured the victim, a 15-year-old girl from her house in Wolf Point and kidnapped her.
That evening, after drinking alcohol, Granbois accompanied the group to the victim’s home.
The victim was lured out of her home and the situation escalated. The group assaulted the victim in her front yard.
When eyewitnesses yelled that they were going to call the police, some in the group kidnapped the victim, forcing her into a vehicle and driving away so that they could continue to assault her.
Granbois helped to seize, confine and abduct the victim, taking her to a vacant field in Wolf Point, where some in the group beat the victim again.
Specifically, Granbois grabbed the victim and beat her in the vehicle.
Co-defendants Dylan Troy Jackson, Kaylee Jade Jackson, Patti Jo Annunciata Mail, Lavanchie Patricia Goodbird and Elmarie Amelia Weeks have pleaded guilty to charges and are pending sentencing.
