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Non-Indian Man from Taos County Pleads Guilty to Assault Charge on Taos Pueblo

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

ALBUQUERQUE – Yvon Juteau, 32, a non-Indian man who resides in Rancho de Taos, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an assault charge. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Juteau will be sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.

 

Juteau was arrested on Sept. 23, 2016, on an indictment charging him with assaulting an Indian man and woman resulting in serious bodily injury on July 10, 2013, on Taos Pueblo in Taos County, N.M.

 

During today’s proceedings, Juteau pled guilty to the indictment and admitted that on July 10, 2013, he drove a motor vehicle recklessly, causing a crash that seriously injured an Indian woman. A sentencing hearing has yet to be scheduled.

 

This case was investigated by the Northern Pueblos Agency of the BIA’s Office of Justice Services and the Taos Pueblo Tribal Police Department and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Spindle.

Updated May 10, 2017

Topics
Indian Country Law and Justice
Violent Crime