Navajo Man Sentenced to 36-Months for Federal Assault Conviction

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Harry Jim, Jr., 36, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Fruitland, N.M., was sentenced on Dec. 3, 2019, in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 36 months of imprisonment for his conviction on an assault resulting in serious bodily injury charge.  Jim will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.

Jim was arrested on July 13, 2018, on a criminal complaint charging him with assault resulting in serious bodily injury, and remained in custody since his arrest.  Jim was indicted on Nov. 28, 2018.  According to the indictment, Jim assaulted a man resulting in serious bodily injury on or about July 7, 2018, on the Navajo Indian Reservation in San Juan County, N.M.

Jim pleaded guilty to the indictment on June 13, 2019.  In his plea agreement, Jim admitted that he operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and caused a crash on the Navajo Nation.  The crash caused a man in another vehicle to suffer a broken femur and finger.

The case was investigated by the Shiprock office of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety and the Farmington office of the FBI, and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph M. Spindle.