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Willie Antoine Redd, 34, was captured by US Marshals in a Billings hotel was accused Thursday of assaulting and seriously injuring a 3-year-old girl last month.

Prosecutors stated in court documents that police were called to Billings Clinic Feb. 3 after receiving a report that the 3-year-old girl was being treated for serious injuries.

Doctors told police the girl suffered broken vertebrae, lacerations to multiple organs, brain hemorrhaging and bruises all over her body. She was flown to Denver Children's Hospital for emergency surgery because of the severity.

The girl's mother told police at the hospital that she had left the girl in Redd's care before she left for work the day before.

She told police that he took the girl to Taco Bell on Grand Avenue around midnight when a vehicle pulled up next to them and someone inside opened fire. Redd told the mother that he drove away at a high speed, which is when the child, who was not wearing a seat belt, was injured, according to court documents.

Hospital staff told police the girl's injuries did not match this story.

Surveillance footage from Taco Bell from the night did not show the shootout described by Redd.
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Following a five-day trial, a Yellowstone County jury convicted a man Tuesday of brutalizing a 3-year-old girl.
Willie Antoine Redd, 36, was found guilty of one count of aggravated assault. Emotional members of the girl’s family hugged prosecutors following the verdict, which came more than two years after U.S. Marshals arrested Redd.
Yellowstone County prosecutors charged Redd with aggravated assault Feb. 18, alleging he caused the 3-year-old girl’s injuries by striking her several times. In May of that year, Redd was sentenced in federal court to a year in custody for violating his supervised released. He was arraigned for the Yellowstone County charges on May 24, 2021, pleading not guilty. In between then and Friday’s hearing, at least three different attorneys have represented Redd in the Yellowstone County case. As of Tuesday, he has been in custody at YCDF for more than two years.
In the months leading up to the trial, Redd and his defense attorneys made several attempts to have the case dismissed. In December 2022, Redd and his attorney, Robert L. Stephens, argued in district court that his right to a speedy trial was violated and that his initial appearance in court was unconstitutionally delayed. A third motion asked the court to suppress all evidence gathered by Billings investigators from Feb. 18, 2021, to May 24, 2021. District Judge Brett Linneweber denied all three motions.
A conviction for aggravated assault in Montana comes with the possibility of up to 20 years in prison. Redd’s sentencing date has yet to be scheduled. Until then, he will remain in custody at YCDF.
 
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