Angela Sloan, Child Abuse, New Mexico 2014

State: New Mexico
Category: Violent Crime
Source: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/shiprock-woman-sentenced-federal-child-abuse-conviction" style="color:#cc0000;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">DOJ Press Release ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Â Ã¢â‚¬â€

A disturbing incident of child abuse has shaken the community of Shiprock, New Mexico. Angela Sloan, a 30-year-old enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced to two years of probation for her conviction in federal child abuse.

The crime took place on May 9, 2014, when Sloan was arrested for allegedly endangering the lives and safety of two children, a nine-month-old infant and a nine-year-old child, by driving under the influence of alcohol while the children were unrestrained in the back seat of her vehicle.

The children miraculously did not suffer seriously bodily injury when Sloan crashed the vehicle into a wooden fence and a parked vehicle. Sloan was subsequently indicted and charged with committing child abuse by placing the children in a situation that may have endangered their lives or health.

On July 21, 2014, Sloan entered a guilty plea to the indictment and admitted driving under the influence of alcohol, with a blood alcohol content of .23, and losing control of the vehicle in which the two children were unrestrained passengers. Sloan admitted placing the children in a situation that endangered their lives by crashing into fencing and a parked vehicle.

This case was investigated by the Farmington office of the FBI and the Shiprock office of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety and was prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney David Adams.

Angela Sloan has been in a half-way house for the past three and a half months and will be spend up to an additional six months in the half-way house as a condition of her probation.

As the community grapples with the severity of this case, it serves as a stark reminder of the dangers of driving under the influence and the importance of prioritizing the safety and well-being of our children.

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