Crow Agency man sentenced to more than five years in prison for sexually abusing two girls on the Crow Indian Reservation

BILLINGS - A Crow Agency man convicted by a federal jury of sexually abusing two girls on the Crow Indian Reservation was sentenced today to five years and three months in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today.

After a two-day trial, the jury on Dec. 12, 2023, found Edwin Ivan Don'tMix, 60, guilty of abusive sexual contact of a child and abusive sexual contact of a minor.

U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters presided.

In court documents and at trial, the government alleged that in January 2015, Jane Doe 2 disclosed to the FBI that Don'tMix touched her vaginal area over her clothes while she was sledding. Jane Doe 2 was 13 years old at the time. Jane Doe 2 also disclosed in the same interview, that in 2012 or 2013, she was asleep and awoke to Don'tMix touching her vaginal area over her clothes. The touching occurred at a Crow Agency residence. In October 2021, another child, Jane Doe 1, disclosed to a school counselor that Don'tMix touched her vaginal area over her clothes when she was either 6, 7 or 8 years old and that the touching happened three or four times at a Crow Agency residence.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lori Harper Suek prosecuted the case. The FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs conducted the investigation.

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