WELLPNIT, WA — A Wellpinit man has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for assaulting his intimate partner on the Spokane Reservation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington.
U.S. District Judge Thomas O. Rice handed down the sentence on November 6, 2025, against Idris Haith, 47, who was convicted of Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender in Indian Country. Following his prison term, Haith will serve three years of supervised release.
According to court records, Haith’s partner — a Native American woman with whom he shares several children — called 911 on September 26, 2024, reporting that Haith struck her, choked her, and threatened to kill her during an argument at a residence on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Responding officers observed scratches on the victim’s neck and blood on her lips…