Granite Falls Man Who Held Girlfriend Captive Sentenced

(Learfield News/St. Paul, MN) — A Granite Falls man who pled guilty to holding his girlfriend captive and waterboarding her is going to jail.

Keanu Labatte was sentenced Monday in Ramsey County Court to 90 months behind bars.

The 20-year-old was also ordered to stay away from the victim and register as a sex offender for life.

Authorities say Labatte visited his girlfriend at Saint Catherine University in September 2023 before he assaulted her.

Court records show he was on probation at the time of the attack for violating a restraining order involving a different woman in Yellow Medicine County.