ALBUQUERQUE – Gerald Castillo, Jr., 30, an enrolled member
of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Ruidoso, N.M., was sentenced
yesterday afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to three years
probation and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine for assaulting a federal officer.
On Aug. 3, 2018, Castillo pled guilty to a misdemeanor
information charging him with assaulting, resisting or impeding a federal
officer. Castillo admitted that on Feb.
24, 2018, he assaulted a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer by hitting the
officer’s chest. According to court
documents, Castillo assaulted the officer while attempting to flee from law
enforcement following a bar fight on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in Otero
County, N.M.
This case was investigated by the Las Cruces office of the
FBI and the Mescalero Agency of the BIA’s Office of Justice Services, and was
prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron O. Jordan of the U.S. Attorney’s
Las Cruces Branch Office.
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