ALBUQUERQUE—This morning in federal
court in Albuquerque, Samuel Jackson, 55, an enrolled member of the Navajo
Nation who resides in Shiprock, New Mexico, pleaded guilty to an information
charging him with abusive sexual contact under a plea agreement with the U.S.
Attorney’s Office.
During his plea hearing, Jackson
admitted sexually assaulting a 14-year-old Navajo girl in a residence in
Shiprock on August 5, 2011. At the time of the offense and until his arrest in
January 2012, Jackson was employed as a back-up bus driver at Shiprock division
of the Central Consolidated School District No. 22.
U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales said
that the plea agreement requires that Jackson serve a 16-year prison sentence,
to be followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
Jackson also will have to register as a sex offender. Jackson has been in
custody since his arrest on January 24, 2012, and remains detained pending his
sentencing hearing, which has not yet been scheduled.
The case was investigated by the FBI and
the Navajo Nation Department of Public Safety-Shiprock Division and is being
prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Presliano Torrez.
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