A man accused of assaulting two men on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation and leading officers on a vehicle pursuit last fall faces more federal charges claiming he shot and kidnapped a woman.
Dakota James Charboneau, 23, was charged Jan. 22 in federal court in the new case with assault resulting in serious bodily injury, assault with a dangerous weapon, discharge of a firearm in relation to a felony crime of violence, kidnapping and interstate domestic violence.
A complaint detailing the Nov. 20 incident has not been filed, but an indictment claims Charboneau assaulted a woman, shot her with a .410 shotgun, kidnapped the woman and forced her to travel onto what appears to be described as an Indian reservation, according to court documents.
The extent of the woman's injuries were not stated in court documents, and it's unclear where the second incident happened or if "Indian country," as it is described in the indictment, refers to the Spirit Lake Reservation.
The additional charges come after Charboneau initially was federally charged in a seemingly unrelated and separate case in October. Court documents accuse Charboneau of striking Loren Greybear Jr. and Tyrell Makesgood with a pistol, stealing their wallets and IDs, and firing multiple shots Oct. 22 on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation. The men weren't shot, but Greybear suffered a broken jaw and shattered eye socket, while Makesgood reported multiple fractures to his nose, according to court documents.
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He faces six charges in that case: two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury, two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and two counts of using a firearm in relation to a felony crime of violence.
Charboneau was arrested in early December after FBI agents were told he may be staying in Larimore, N.D. A 75-mile vehicle chase after Charboneau, with speeds exceeding 100 mph, according to court documents. After spike strips were deployed, Charboneau was apprehended near Hamar, N.D., or about 30 miles southeast of Devils Lake.
A trial for the alleged assault on the woman has been set for March 6. A trial in the other case has been set for May 8.
The court also banned Charboneau from contacting alleged victims through various means, including text messaging, according to an order filed last week. He allegedly sent more than 12,400 text messages from the Grand Forks County Correctional Center while being detained there, some of which have included texts to alleged victims of the crimes with which he was charged.
He was booked into the jail Dec. 4.
The Herald typically does not identify accusers or victims in domestic violence cases.
