BILLINGS) – A Dunmore man who sexually abused a child on the Crow Indian Reservation was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Mark Steger Smith said.
Following a three-day trial in February 2026, a jury found Jared Cordell Stewart, 55, guilty of one count of abusive sexual contact of a child.
The government alleged in court documents and at trial that in July 2020 a child spoke out about Stewart sexually abusing her. However, during a follow-up visit from law enforcement, the victim denied the abuse.
About a year later, in October 2021, the police again spoke with the victim. This time she said Stewart had sexually abused her many times, beginning when she was 7 or 8 years old, and that she had lied to them previously at the direction of Stewart.
