Nee Gee Cloud was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the attack of his then-girlfriend in 2024.
Cloud, 33, was sentenced in federal court Nov. 10 to the maximum possible sentence for what United States District Court Judge William Griesbach described as a “brutal beating” of Cloud’s then-girlfriend Sept. 20, 2024.
He was convicted by a federal jury Aug. 6 of burglary and assault with intent to murder.
Cloud was also ordered to pay a total of $2,004.30 in restitution.
Evidence presented at trial showed that on the afternoon of Sept. 20, 2024, Cloud broke into a home in Neopit. Once inside, he attacked his girlfriend, violently beating her unconscious on a bedroom floor. Cloud returned to the bedroom several times over the next 20 minutes, and punched, kicked and stomped on the victim’s head. Cloud also slammed the victim’s face into the floor.
The trial evidence included video from a camera system inside the home that captured the forced entry and portions of the attacks. The homeowner was alerted by the camera system, saw some of the incident and contacted tribal police, who responded. The defendant was arrested outside the house.
The evidence also showed that tribal EMS arranged for emergency transport of the victim to a trauma center in Wausau. She remained in the intensive care unit for nearly two weeks and was hospitalized for nearly a month.
The woman sustained fractured orbital bones and soft tissue injuries to her throat that required intubation while in the ICU to prevent her airway from closing.