PHOENIX, Ariz. –
This week, Eric Kinney, of Inscription House, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S.
District Judge Steven P. Logan to 24 months of imprisonment followed by three
years of supervised release. Kinney had
previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.
On August 9,
2018, Kinney went into the victim’s house with an axe. Once inside, Kinney pushed the victim against
a wall while holding the axe in a threatening manner. The assault occurred on
the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation, and Kinney is an enrolled member of the
Navajo Nation.
The investigation
in this case was conducted by the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety and
the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The
prosecution was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander Samuels, District
of Arizona, Phoenix.
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