Two Spirit Lake Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for their roles in the Murder of Carla Yellowbird

FARGO – United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on February 25, 2019, United States District Court Judge Karen E. Schreier, District of South Dakota, sentenced Daylin Takendrick St. Pierre, age 21, Spirit Lake Indian Reservation, ND, after he pled guilty in November 2018, to serve 27 1/2 years in federal prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release for the offenses of Conspiracy to Commit Robbery; Use of a Firearm in Relation to a Felony Crime of Violence; and Felony Murder.  St. Pierre was further ordered to pay $300 to the Crime Victims’ Fund, as well as $11,659 in restitution to the victim.

             Judge Schreier also sentenced Dakota James Charboneau, age 24, also of Spirit Lake, after he pled guilty in November 2018, to serve 50 years in federal prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release for the offenses of Second Degree Murder, Aiding and Abetting; and Use of a Firearm in Relation to a Felony Crime of Violence.  Charboneau was further ordered to pay $200 to the Crime Victims’ Fund, as well as $11,659 in restitution to the victim.

            On August 23, 2016, Ms. Carla Yellowbird traveled to the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation with Suna Guy, who previously plead guilty to Felony Murder and was sentenced in this case.  While on the Spirit Lake Reservation, Dakota Charboneau and Guy planned to rob Ms. Yellowbird of her money and belongings, and later recruited Daylin St. Pierre to do the robbery.  In the morning of August 24, 2016, St. Pierre shot and killed Ms. Yellowbird while robbing her.

           This case was investigated by the Mandan Police Department; North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation; Bureau of Indian Affairs; and the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

           Assistant United States Attorney Janice M. Morley and AUSA Jenifer Puhl prosecuted the case.

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