Sentence handed down in disturbing Barron County child sexual assault case
Bernstein received 35 years of initial confinement after pleading guilty to child sexual assault, and he must register as a sex offender for life.
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Man to serve decades in prison for child sexual assault
A Spooner man convicted of sexually assaulting a 5-year-old in Barron County received a 35-year prison sentence and lifetime sex offender registration following his guilty plea in court. Additional criminal charges await in Washburn County. Officials combined efforts to apprehend him after the incident.
Court Hands Down Sentence In Sexual Assault Case
On October 26, the County Attorney of Phillips County provided the following PRESS RELEASE: “On October 2, 2026, Phillips County District Judge Yvonne Laird sentenced Chanel Weaver of Malta, Montana, to the Montana Department of Corrections for a term of 20 years with all but two years suspended, for the offense of Sexual Assault, a felony. Weaver had pled guilty to the offense on June 8, 2026. We...
Insider: Barron County Court Orders 45-Year Sentence on Child Sexual Assault Conviction
WARNING: This article contains content that may not be suitable for all readers. BARRON COUNTY — The Court has sentenced Devon Bernstein, 27, to a 45-year sentence for a conviction stemming from a violent sexual assault case in Barron County that left a young child with injuries requiring hospitalization. Bernstein also faces five felony charges in two separate Washburn County cases involving allegations of sexual assaults against two juvenile g…
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