GREAT FALLS--A Poplar man who admitted sexually abusing a
teenage girl and of burning down a house on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation
was sentenced this week to 10 years and one month in prison, six years of
supervised release and ordered to pay $60,000 restitution, U.S. Attorney Kurt
Alme said.
Clifford William John Youpee, 32, pleaded guilty in April to
aggravated sexual abuse and to arson of a dwelling in two separate cases.
U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided at the Oct. 23
hearing.
In court records filed in the case, the prosecution said
that in September 2016, a teenage girl reported that Youpee had raped her the
night before. The victim had fallen asleep in a house and awoke to Youpee
putting his hand up her shirt. The victim told Youpee to stop but he held her
down and raped her.
The arson occurred on Oct. 20, 2017 after Youpee and another
person were upset that they were removed from staying in a residence used by
people as place to live and sleep. To seek retribution for being removed,
Youpee and the other person both decided to burn the house to the ground.
Witnesses confirmed that Youpee and the individual were the only persons in the
residence immediately prior to it burning. The fire marshal responded and
concluded the fire was set intentionally because there were two separate origins
in the residence. The Fort Peck Housing Authority was owed $60,000 in
restitution.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Weldon prosecuted the cases,
which were investigated by the FBI and Fort Peck Tribes Department of Law and
Justice.
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