Dec 21, 2005 8:28 pm US/Central
Sentencing For Jourdain Postponed, No New Date Set
Minneapolis (AP) ―
Sentencing has been postponed for the Red Lake, Minn. teenager who admitted to exchanging threatening computer messages, according to sources familiar with the case.
Louis Jourdain, 17, was scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday after admitting last month to making "threatening interstate communications." He was arrested during the investigation into a March 21 shooting rampage by 16-year-old gunman Jeff Weise that claimed 10 lives on the reservation, but charges directly connected to the shooting were dropped.
Jourdain. the son of Red Lake Tribal Chairman Floyd Jourdain Jr., was a friend of Weise, who killed nine people before taking his own life.
A source familiar with the case told The Associated Press that as of Wednesday evening, the sentencing had not been rescheduled. Under law, the sentencing would have to happen within 20 business days from Jourdain's plea agreement -- which would be midweek next week.
The case has been in juvenile court, so all of the hearings have been private and most of the court documents have been sealed.
The charge Jourdain admitted to carries a five-year maximum sentence, but U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank will have wide discretion in determining the penalty.
Postponing a sentencing is not unusual, as parties may need more time to gather information in a case.
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