Robert Yazzie, Jr., Assault on Intimate Partner, New Mexico 2014

A Jicarilla Apache man will spend 50 months in federal prison for his conviction on a federal assault charge.

Robert Yazzie, Jr., 49, a member of the Jicarilla Apache Nation who resides in Dulce, New Mexico, was sentenced this afternoon for his conviction on a federal assault charge arising out of a violent attack on his intimate partner.

Yazzie will serve 50 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release.

The assault occurred within the Jicarilla Apache Reservation. On May 27, 2014, Yazzie was arrested on an indictment charging him with assault resulting in serious bodily injury.

The indictment alleged that Yazzie assaulted the victim on May 17, 2013, and caused her to suffer serious bodily injury.

This case was investigated by the Jicarilla Apache Tribe Police Department and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney David Adams.

The case was brought pursuant to the Tribal Special Assistant U.S. Attorney (Tribal SAUSA) Pilot Project in the District of New Mexico which is sponsored by the Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women under a grant administered by the Pueblo of Laguna.

The Tribal SAUSA Pilot Project seeks to train tribal prosecutors in federal law, procedure and investigative techniques to increase the likelihood that every viable violent offense against Native women is prosecuted in either federal court or tribal court, or both.

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