Brian Tony, Voluntary Manslaughter, New Mexico 2016

Defendant Sentenced to 17 Years and 6 Months for Voluntary Manslaughter

Brian Tony, a 51-year-old man from Gallup, New Mexico, has been sentenced to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for voluntary manslaughter, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico.

A federal jury convicted Tony, who is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, of voluntary manslaughter on March 10, 2022.

According to court records, the crime took place on May 8, 2016, when Tony, accompanied by his brother and his girlfriend, drove to a residence in Gallup and picked up the victim and the victim’s friend.

Tony retrieved a hammer from the residence and placed it in his vehicle. He then drove the group to a location called ‘Superman Canyon,’ where Tony and the victim got out of the vehicle. The victim was killed out of sight of the other passengers.

An autopsy revealed that the victim had been stabbed repeatedly in the head and neck and had blunt-force trauma wounds on his head.

The case was investigated by the Gallup Resident Agency of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office and the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety. Assistant United States Attorneys Joseph M. Spindle and Nicholas J. Marshall are prosecuting the case.

The sentence was announced by Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office.

Tony’s sentence is a result of his conviction for voluntary manslaughter, a serious crime that resulted in the loss of life.

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