Becker County Man Convicted for Assault with Cinder Block

A federal jury has convicted a Becker County (MN) man on assault charges after authorities say he knocked out a person on the White Earth Reservation and dropped a cinder block on his head last year.

After a four-day trial, 22-year-old Wesley Warren of Ponsford was convicted on two of four counts.

According to trial evidence, on June 3, 2020, Warren and another man got into an argument with the victim, who was later knocked out.

Then, with the victim face-down, Warren dropped a 42-pound cinderblock on the back of the victim’s head.

The victim was hospitalized for several weeks due to brain trauma … and was later transferred to a long-term care facility.

Warren faces up to 10 years in prison, a maximum fine of $250,000 and up to three years of supervised release on each count of conviction.