Fort Washakie man sentenced for assault with a golf club

Aaron Clair Bigknife, age 58, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming, was sentenced to 46 months' imprisonment for assault resulting in serious bodily injury. U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson imposed the sentence on August 6 in Cheyenne.

According to the complaint filed in the case, Bigknife was at a friend's house playing cards on the night of August 27, 2023, when he hit one of his friends in the head with a golf club. The attack was unprovoked. When detectives interviewed Bigknife he admitted to drinking heavily before arriving at his friend's house and continued to drink when he got there. He claimed to not remember anything that happened until he was arrested by the police.

This crime was investigated by the FBI and the case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Elmore.

Case No. 23-CR-00134