Jerome Dominic Concha, Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana, New Mexico 2012

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - On February 15, 2012, Jerome Dominic Concha, 20, a Jemez Pueblo resident, was arrested on an assault charge.

Concha pleaded guilty to assaulting a Taos Pueblo man on January 7, 2011. He admitted to seeking the victim out, knocking him to the ground, and repeatedly striking him about the head and face.

The victim had to undergo surgery to repair the extensive damage to the bone structure of the orbit of the eye and nasal bone fractures he sustained as a result of Concha's assault.

While on release under pretrial supervision and awaiting sentencing on the January 7, 2011 assault, Concha was again arrested on January 10, 2013, on another assault charge.

Concha was indicted and charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury. He pleaded guilty to this second assault and admitted assaulting the victim with a hatchet.

The victim sustained serious injuries, including a depressed skull fracture, a fracture to the jaw and upper palate, and the loss of multiple teeth, as a result of the assault.

Concha was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $13,359.38 to the Indian Health Services in Taos and Jemez Pueblos to cover the costs of medical care for the victims of Concha's assaults.

These cases were investigated by the Albuquerque office of the FBI with assistance from the Taos Police Department and the Pueblo of Jemez Police Department, and were prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Niki Tapia-Brito.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/second-mexican-national-pleads-guilty-participating-conspiracy-distribute-3000-kilograms