U.S. Attorney’s Office Announces Guilty Plea for Felony Assault within Navajo Nation

ALBUQUERQUE – A Shiprock man pleaded guilty in federal court to assault charges arising from a 2020 assault and theft of a motor vehicle within the Navajo Nation.

According to publicly available court documents, on May 17, 2020, the victim, John Doe, was parked in his car at the Gulf Gas Station in Shiprock when Daryl Levi, 41, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, attacked Doe and took his vehicle. Doe suffered bodily injury including bruises and contusions.

In his plea agreement, Levi admitted that he participated in the assault with the intent to take John Doe’s motor vehicle. He will remain in custody pending sentencing which has not yet been set.

At sentencing, Levi faces a mandatory term of incarceration of no less than thirty-seven months up to a maximum of no more than forty-six months in prison. Upon his release from prison, Levi will be subject to up to three years of supervised release.

U.S. Attorney Alexander M.M. Uballez and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, made the announcement today.

The Farmington Resident Agency of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Navajo Police Department and Navajo Department of Criminal Investigations. Assistant United States Attorney Mark A. Probasco is prosecuting the case.

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