Isaiah Joseph Rios, Sexual Abuse, Arizona 2019

A 22-year-old Tohono O'odham man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing two minors.

Isaiah Joseph Rios, 22, of Sells, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to concurrent terms of 121 months and 120 months in prison.

Rios previously pleaded guilty on November 22, 2019, to one count of Abusive Sexual Contact and one count of Sexual Abuse involving minors.

Following his release from federal prison, Rios will be placed on lifetime federal supervision and will be required to register as a sex offender.

The crimes occurred in October of 2016 and March of 2017, when Rios, then 18 years of age, forcibly fondled two minors without their consent.

The victims reported the assaults in August 2017.

Rios is an enrolled member of the Tohono O’odham Nation.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Tohono O’odham Police Department conducted the investigation in this case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Micah Schmit, District of Arizona, Tucson, handled the prosecution.

Case Number: CR-18-2416-TUC-JGZ

Release Number: 2021-005_Rios

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/tohono-oodham-man-sentenced-10-years-prison-sexual-abuses