Police Blotter: Crownpoint man gets 10 years for assault
ALBUQUERQUE
Edwin C. Johnson, 36, of Crownpoint, was sentenced May 4 in federal court in Albuquerque, to 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for an assault conviction, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office.
“This case and others like it are important reminders on why we must continue to work together to address the disproportionately high rates of violent crimes against Native American women and children,” said U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez. “I commend the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety for an outstanding investigation that made the defendant account for his criminal conduct and helped the victim and her family move forward with their course of healing.”
Johnson was arrested Dec. 9, 2015, on a criminal complaint charging him with assault with a dangerous weapon. According to the complaint, Johnson assaulted his girlfriend, a San Carlos Apache woman, with an ax on Dec. 7, 2015. The victim suffered a gash about four centimeters long and bloody discharge from both ears. She also experienced cranial pressure and swelling. Because the victim’s injuries were life threatening, she was flown by helicopter to the trauma hospital at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque.
Johnson was subsequently indicted Dec. 17, 2015, and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, an ax, with intent to do bodily harm, assault resulting in serious bodily injury, and attempt to commit murder. The indictment alleged that Johnson committed the crime on Dec. 7, 2015, in Indian Country in McKinley County, N.M. On Jan. 25, 2016, Johnson pled guilty to all three charges.
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