Ohkay Owingeh man pleads guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon in Indian Country

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May 8, 2023

Ohkay Owingeh man pleads guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon in Indian Country

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Jerry Segura, Jr. pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of such crime in Indian Country. Segura, 34, of Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.

According to the plea agreement, Segura, Jr. admitted to brandishing a firearm without justification at Jane Doe, his former girlfriend’s adult daughter, which enabled Segura, Jr. to assault her.  Segura, Jr. admitted to assaulting Jane Doe in Indian Country.

Segura, Jr. faces a minimum of seven years imprisonment at sentencing.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorney Zachary Jones is prosecuting the case.

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