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Santa Ana Pueblo Man Guilty of Rape
A 33-year-old Santa Ana Pueblo man will spend the next 14 years behind bars for his role in two separate rape cases. Anthony Montoya was arrested on June 20, 2016, and charged with sexually abusing two women in August 2014 and another on April 30, 2016.
According to the indictment, Montoya committed the crimes on the Santa Ana Pueblo in Sandoval County, New Mexico. The victims were physically incapable of declining to participate in the sexual acts, the indictment stated.
During a hearing in federal court in Albuquerque, Montoya pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual abuse. He admitted to sexually abusing one woman on August 16, 2014, and another on April 30, 2016. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Montoya will be sentenced to 168 months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release.
Montoya will also be required to register as a sex offender when he completes his prison sentence. He remains in custody pending a sentencing hearing, which has yet to be scheduled.
The case was investigated by the Southern Pueblos Agency of the BIA’s Office of Justice Services, the Santa Ana Pueblo Tribal Police Department, and the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Spindle is prosecuting the case.
The case was brought pursuant to the Tribal Special Assistant U.S. Attorney (Tribal SAUSA) Pilot Project in the District of New Mexico, which 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.
U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney, Special Agent in Charge William McClure of District IV of the BIA’s Office of Justice Services, Chief William Kurth of the Santa Ana Pueblo Tribal Police Department, and Sandoval County Sheriff Douglas C. Wood announced the guilty plea.
Key Facts
- State: New Mexico
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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