ALBUQUERQUE – Twaine Willie, 26, an enrolled member of the
Navajo Nation who resides in Farmington, N.M., pled guilty today in federal
court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an assault charge. Willie entered the guilty plea under a plea
agreement that recommends that he be sentenced to a prison term within the
range of 24 to 30 months followed by a term of supervised release to be
determined by the court.
Willie was arrested on Jan. 18, 2018, on a criminal
complaint charging him with assaulting a Jicarilla Apache man with a baseball
bat on Jan. 3, 2018, on the Jicarilla Apache Nation in Rio Arriba County,
N.M. According to the complaint, the
victim sustained a compound fracture of his lower right leg as the result of
the assault.
During today’s proceedings, Willie pled guilty to a felony
information charging him with assault resulting in serious bodily injury. In entering the guilty plea, Willie admitted
that on Jan. 3, 2018, he pushed and beat the victim, who required surgery to
repair a compound fracture to his right tibia.
Willie remains in custody pending a sentencing hearing, which has yet to
be scheduled.
This case was investigated by the Farmington office of the
FBI and the Jicarilla Apache Tribal Police Department, and is being prosecuted
by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Novaline D. Wilson and Kyle T. Nayback.
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