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A man who was part of a man-woman team in sexually abusing another woman on the Meskwaki Settlement was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in federal prison.

Lamont William Papakee, 36, from the Meskwaki Settlement in Tama, received the prison term after a June 2007 jury verdict found him guilty of one count of sexual abuse. The jury acquitted him on one count of aggravated sexual abuse.

Evidence at trial showed Papakee and Connie Frances Blackcloud sexually abused a woman in September 2006. The district court, in a sentencing order involving Blackcloud, stated that the victim was "brutalized ... in a sadistic attempt to rape her with a vegetable."

Papakee was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Linda Reade. Reade said Papakee is a dangerous offender who has repeatedly engaged in crimes of violence and is at high-risk to re-offend. Papakee had prior Iowa convictions for assaulting women.

Papakee is being held in the custody of U.S. Marshal's until he can be transported to federal prison. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison and fined $10,000. A special assessment of $100 was imposed, and he was ordered to make $6,066.75 in restitution to the Iowa Crime Victim Compensation Program. He must also serve a 15-year term of supervised release after his prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

The case was prosecuted by Asst. U.S. Attorney Ian Thornhill and investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Tama County Sheriff's Office and the Meskwaki Police Department.