Box Elder man convicted of multiple rapes, assaults

Dallas Lawrence, 32, of Box Elder, was convicted Wednesday of two rapes, two strangulations, two assaults with intent to commit murder and assault with a deadly weapon. Lawrence, in September of 2013, stabbed a woman in the calf. He was in a relationship with her at the time, and when the woman was taken to Northern Montana Hospital, she told doctors that she was in an abusive relationship, and Lawrence tried to break her arms and legs to keep her from leaving him.

According to a press release from United States Attorney Michael W. Cotter, in March, he strangled her with...