Staffred Kai Begay, Child Abuse, New Mexico 2014

Staffred Kai Begay, a 42-year-old man from Durango, Colorado, was sentenced to 216 days in federal prison for child abuse in New Mexico. Begay was also ordered to pay $256.11 in restitution to cover medical expenses for the victim.

The crime occurred on August 7, 2014, when Begay struck a Navajo Indian juvenile with an axe, breaking the victim’s arm. The victim had called the authorities to report that Begay was assaulting his mother at a residence located on the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation in San Juan County, New Mexico.

On August 12, 2014, Begay was arrested on a criminal complaint charging him with child abuse. The case was investigated by the Shiprock office of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety and the Farmington office of the FBI.

In December 2014, Begay pled guilty to an indictment charging him with abuse of a child resulting in serious bodily injury. In entering the guilty plea, Begay admitted that on August 7, 2014, he put a child in a situation that endangered the child’s life and resulted in serious bodily injury to the child.

Begay was sentenced on an unspecified date to time served, 216 days in federal prison, followed by a year of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $256.11 in restitution to cover medical expenses for the victim.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle T. Nayback. The investigation was conducted by the Shiprock office of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety and the Farmington office of the FBI.

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