ALBUQUERQUE - Arnold Jones, 33, an enrolled member and resident of Laguna Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a child abuse charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Jones was arrested in June 2017, on an indictment charging him with engaging in child abuse by operating a motor vehicle recklessly on Dec. 28, 2015, on the Laguna Pueblo in Cibola County, N.M.
During today’s proceedings, Jones entered a guilty plea to the indictment. In entering the guilty plea, Jones admitted that on Dec. 28, 2015, he operated a motor vehicle recklessly within the Laguna Pueblo while under the influence of alcohol. Jones further admitted that his actions endangered the health and wellbeing of his six-year-old child who was a passenger in the vehicle.
This case was investigated by the Laguna/Acoma Agency of the BIA’s Office of Justice Services and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Elisa C. Dimas.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
