A federal jury in Green Bay has convicted Neegee J. Cloud, 32, of burglary and assault with intent to murder following a domestic violence incident on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The announcement was made by Richard G. Frohling, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
According to evidence presented at trial, Cloud broke into a home in Neopit on September 20, 2024. Once inside, he attacked his girlfriend and beat her unconscious on the bedroom floor. Over the next twenty minutes, Cloud returned several times to continue attacking her by punching, kicking, stomping on her head, and slamming her face into the floor.
Video footage from a camera system inside the residence captured both the forced entry and parts of the attack. The homeowner received an alert from this system and witnessed some of the incident before contacting tribal police. Officers responded and arrested Cloud outside the house.
Emergency medical services arranged for immediate transport of the victim to a trauma center in Wausau. She spent nearly two weeks in intensive care and was hospitalized for almost a month due to injuries that included fractured orbital bones and soft tissue damage to her throat requiring intubation.
Cloud is scheduled for sentencing before Senior United States District Judge William C. Griesbach on November 10, 2025. He faces up to ten years in prison for burglary and up to twenty years for assault with intent to murder.
The case was investigated by the Menominee Tribal Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorneys Andrew J. Maier and Alexander E. Duros prosecuted.
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