Tag: assault

Ashkia Trujillo, Assault, New Mexico 2019
⏱ 2 min read Ashkia Trujillo, a 31-year-old enrolled member of the Ohkay Owingeh Tribe, pleaded guilty to assaulting a victim in Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico, on August 28, 2019, resulting in serious bodily injury. The assault occurred in the Ohkay Owingeh community, where Trujillo resides. The investigation was led by the Bureau of Indian…

Tiffany Jim, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, New Mexico 2025
⏱ 2 min read Tiffany Jim, a 37-year-old woman from Church Rock, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, is accused of assaulting her dating partner, Jane Doe, on September 10, 2025, in an incident that left Doe hospitalized. The assault occurred in Church Rock, and the FBI, alongside the Navajo Nation…

Freyane Charley, Assault, South Dakota 2026
⏱ 2 min read Freyane Charley, a 48-year-old man from Parmelee, South Dakota, was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison for brutally assaulting a sleeping victim in a friend’s house in Sicangu Village, within the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation. The attack occurred on November 1, 2024, and Charley pleaded guilty on March 19, 2026.…

Jennifer Susan Cruz, Assault, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jennifer Susan Cruz, a 41-year-old Jacksonville woman, pleaded guilty to assaulting federal immigration officers who were conducting an operation in her city. On January 13, 2026, Cruz was driving by and recording the scene on her cellphone as an FHP trooper pulled over a vehicle for a traffic infraction. The immigration…

Mark A. Cottman, Assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, Missouri 2022
⏱ 3 min read Mark A. Cottman, a 51-year-old former member of the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club, was involved in two brutal assaults against rival motorcycle gang members in Kansas City, Missouri. On September 17, 2022, Cottman and 12 other members of the Pagan’s and their support club, the Los Valerosos, chased and attacked a lone…

Alta Rose Chandler, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read A brutal assault in Hays, Montana, has led to the sentencing of Alta Rose Chandler, 24, to 18 months in prison. On September 30, 2023, Chandler and Heavenlee Drewann Sears were drinking with the victim, John Doe, at his home when the night turned violent. Sears struck Doe repeatedly in the…

Amery Renee Ketcher, Knife Assault, Mississippi 2026
⏱ 2 min read Amery Renee Ketcher, a 31-year-old woman from Pearl River, was involved in a violent knife attack on the Choctaw Indian Reservation in Mississippi, leaving a tribal member with serious bodily injuries. The assault occurred on the reservation, and an investigation by the Choctaw Police Department led to Ketcher’s indictment by a…

Isiah Harding, Assaulting a Federal Officer, South Dakota 2025
⏱ 2 min read A brutal beating of a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer on a South Dakota reservation last June has landed a 28-year-old Lower Brule man in federal prison for over 4 years. Isiah Harding, 28, was sentenced to 4 years and 8 months in prison for assaulting a BIA officer on June…

Latrelle LaRoche, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, South Dakota 2026
⏱ 2 min read Latrelle LaRoche, 20, took aim at a victim in a Lower Brule Sioux Indian Reservation residence on June 19, 2025, over a debt of cash. He fired a warning shot, then a second time, striking the victim in the abdomen. The victim needed surgery to repair the damage. The Bureau of…

Darold ZunieFeathers, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, New Mexico 2021
⏱ 2 min read Darold ZunieFeathers, a 29-year-old Zuni man, was sentenced to five years in prison for a brutal assault that left his victim with severe injuries, including the amputation of one finger and partial amputation of another. The attack occurred on December 16, 2021, when ZunieFeathers and his victim, John Doe, were hanging…
