Oregon Man Pleads Guilty After Girlfriend Jumps From Vehicle to Flee Pistol Whipping on Warm Springs Reservation

A resident of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation faces 10 years in prison after pistol- whipping his girlfriend around the head, resulting in life-threatening injuries when she jumped from a moving vehicle to escape him.

Henry Jonathan Andrews (29) yesterday pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and will be sentenced on November 13 by a U.S. District Judge.

According to court documents, the incident occurred in October last year while Andrews and his girlfriend were driving on the Warm Springs Indian reservation.

The Woman Sustained Multiple Life-Threatening Injuries

An argument developed, and Andrews angrily pulled out a pistol and struck his girlfriend several times around the head. The terrified woman jumped from the moving vehicle, sustaining extensive, life-threatening injuries.

Andrews was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and an assault resulting in serious bodily injury by a federal grand jury in Portland last November. He now faces a possible 10-year prison sentence and a $250,000 fine with three years of supervised release.

The case was investigated by the FBI and the Warm Springs Tribal Police Department and is being prosecuted by Pamela Paaso and Charlotte Kelley, Assistant U.S. Attorneys for the District of Oregon.

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