BILLINGS (AP) - Federal task force officers in Billings arrested a man wanted for a fatal beating in Wyoming after they noticed the suspect’s last name tattooed on the side of his head.
Dan Orr, supervisory deputy with the U.S. Marshals Service, said Wednesday that officers arrested Sterling F. Wolfname, 26, at the Montana Rescue Mission on Tuesday evening.
Wolfname was wanted in Riverton, Wyo., for his alleged role in the July 30 beating of 32-year-old Ernest P. Jenkins at a party. Jenkins died the next day at a Casper hospital.
Officers were at the mission working on another case when they happened to walk past Wolfname and recognized him from information they had from Wyoming, Orr said.
“He was just there getting a meal,” he said. “He lied about who he was.”
But the officers noticed a tattoo on the side of his head that said “Wolfname.”
Wolfname was wanted on a warrant from the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office on charges of second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and battery and felonious restraint.
Riverton Police Detective Julie Etter said Wednesday that two other suspects, Basil Blackburn and Vincent Yellowbear Jr., are in custody and have been charged in the case.
Wolfname is being held at the Yellowstone County Detention Facility on $1 million bail. He is expected to be sent back to Wyoming.
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