Posted at 2:08 a.m., Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Man gets 10 years in stabbing of Navy SEAL
Associated Press
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A Wolf Point man convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of a Navy SEAL who was home on leave from Hawai'i was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison.Gerald L. Littlehead, 24, was found guilty during a two-day trial. U.S. District Judge Sam Haddon gave him prison time plus three years of supervised release in the death of Michael Bell, 22.
According to court records, Bell got into an argument with Littlehead and Littlehead's brother, David Zephier, on April 12 at a Wolf Point bar and threw a punch at Zephier.
Witnesses said Littlehead then came from behind and struck Bell four or five times, possibly with a knife. Another witness said Littlehead later showed up at her house and told her he had stabbed someone.
Bell was taken to the hospital in Wolf Point and then flown to a Billings hospital, where he died during surgery.
