Police Blotter: Tso gets 10 years for sexual assault conviction
ALBUQUERQUE — Gerald A. Tso, 25, of Shiprock, was sentenced Oct. 27 in federal district court to 10 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his aggravated sexual assault conviction.
Tso was arrested Feb. 26 on a criminal complaint charging him with aggravated sexual abuse of a child, and subsequently was indicted on that same charge March 26.
According to court filings, Tso sexually assaulted a 7-year-old Navajo child on Feb. 26 in Shiprock.
On July 24, Tso pleaded guilty to felony information charging him with aggravated sexual abuse. In entering his guilty plea, Tso admitted engaging in a sexual act with a child. Tso further admitted that the child was under the age of 12 years at the time he victimized the child.
Tso will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
Calif. man charged with abuse of child, indecent exposure
CIBOLA COUNTY – On Oct. 25, at 6:32 p.m., New Mexico State Police officers, from the Gallup District, responded to the Sky City Casino in Acoma, N.M., in regards to a male subject that was swimming in the hotel pool naked along with a small child in his arms, according to a news release from the New Mexico Department of Public Safety.
Officers arrived on scene and made contact with Michael Lee, 35, of La Palma, Calif., and his one-year-old daughter.
Through the course of the investigation it was learned Lee had taken his daughter from the mother during a domestic dispute, two weeks prior. This incident had occurred in Mexico. Lee then fled to California and stole a semi-truck from Oceanside.
While officers were attempting to take the child from Lee’s custody, he became difficult and failed to cooperate with the officers. Ultimately, officers were able to safely take physical custody of the child. Lee was arrested, but not without being difficult and non-compliant.
The child was remanded to the custody of the New Mexico Children Youth and Families Department.
Lee has been charged with abuse of a child; receiving or transferring a stolen motor vehicle; resisting, evading, or obstructing an officer; and indecent exposure.
Lee was booked into the Cibola County Detention Center on his charges.
Pine Hill resident to serve 16 months for child abuse conviction
ALBUQUERQUE — Harold Martinez, 32, a resident of Pine Hill, N.M., was sentenced Oct. 23 to 16 months in prison for his child abuse conviction.
Martinez was arrested Nov. 26, 2013, on a criminal complaint alleging assault charges.
According to the criminal complaint, on June 11, 2013, Martinez initiated a physical confrontation with another Navajo man. After the victim got into his vehicle in an effort to get away from Martinez, Martinez rammed his own vehicle into the victim’s vehicle several times. Two young boys were in Martinez’s vehicle when he rammed it into the victim’s vehicle.
On March 11, 2014, Martinez entered a guilty plea to a child abuse charge and admitted that on June 11, 2013, he deliberately drove his vehicle into another vehicle without justification. Martinez also admitted that two unrestrained children were in the vehicle he was driving and that by ramming into another vehicle he placed the children in a situation that endangered their lives or health. The children were not injured.
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