Wapato Resident Receives 46-Month Federal Sentence for Brutal Assault on Yakama Nation Member
Yakima, WA — A 40-year-old man from Wapato, Washington, was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for a brutal assault that resulted in serious bodily harm to a woman, authorities announced. Nicholas Dean Elwell received a sentence of 46 months followed by three years of supervised release for his crimes, which were detailed during the proceedings before Chief United States District Judge Stanley A. Bastian. In a case that highlighted the severity of …