Man gets prison time for ‘brutally’ assaulting woman with firewood in 2022
Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence that may be disturbing for some readers.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A man was sentenced to more than three years in prison on Tuesday after “brutally” assaulting a woman with a piece of firewood in 2022, according to the Oregon District Attorney’s Office.
An FBI investigation revealed that Devere Ben Charley, 24, attacked the woman and left her lying injured on a couch in a home on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation on Nov. 29, 2022.
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Police found the woman and brought her to a local hospital, where she received treatment for a broken nose, fractured arm, multiple cuts, and a concussion. During her care, she needed a blood transfusion due to “significant blood loss from wounds on her head and face.”
The woman told officers that Charley had been drinking when he assaulted her.
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Her daughter also witnessed her injured on a home security camera from another location, and also saw Charley throw a piece of bloody firewood into a stove, officials said.
On Sept. 29, Charley pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon. He will now serve 40 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release.
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