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Laguna Pueblo Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Child Abuse Charge

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Arnold Jones, 33, an enrolled member and resident of Laguna Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a child abuse charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

 

Jones was arrested in June 2017, on an indictment charging him with engaging in child abuse by operating a motor vehicle recklessly on Dec. 28, 2015, on the Laguna Pueblo in Cibola County, N.M.

 

During today’s proceedings, Jones entered a guilty plea to the indictment.  In entering the guilty plea, Jones admitted that on Dec. 28, 2015, he operated a motor vehicle recklessly within the Laguna Pueblo while under the influence of alcohol.  Jones further admitted that his actions endangered the health and wellbeing of his six-year-old child who was a passenger in the vehicle. 

 

This case was investigated by the Laguna/Acoma Agency of the BIA’s Office of Justice Services and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Elisa C. Dimas.

Updated December 8, 2017

Topic
Indian Country Law and Justice