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Albuquerque man sentenced to 5 years in prison for assault in Indian Country

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – A 32-year-old non-native man was sentenced to five years in prison in federal court Monday for assaulting a Native American child on the Jicarilla Apache reservation.

Patrick Duran of Albuquerque was convicted of assault with aggravated assault in Indian Country.

Duran, who is not an Indian, pleaded guilty on August 26, 2020. In his plea agreement, Duran admitted that on September 28, 2014, he attacked John Doe, an Indian child, by trading roughly with him and Doe. Has caused severe personal injury including internal head injuries, seizures, and hospitalizations. The incident occurred on the Jicarilla Apache Indian reservation in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, according to a press release.

After his release from prison, Duran will be released under custody for three years.

The FBI Albuquerque Field Office’s Farmington Resident Agency and the Jicarilla Apache Police Department are investigating this case.

US Assistant Attorneys Kyle Nayback and Nicholas Marshall are pursuing the case.

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