ALBUQUERQUE – Fabian Louis Bailon, 39, an enrolled member of
Kewa Pueblo, N.M., who resides in Santa Fe, N.M., pled guilty today in federal
court in Albuquerque, N.M., to assaulting a federal officer.
Bailon was arrested on Jan. 12, 2018, on a criminal complaint
charging him with assaulting a federal officer.
According to the criminal complaint, Bailon was arrested on tribal
charges on Nov. 26, 2017, after he assaulted a law enforcement officer of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Bailon
committed the assault on San Felipe Pueblo in Sandoval County, N.M., by
punching the officer in the face while the officer was conducting a traffic
stop.
During today’s proceedings, Bailon pled guilty to a felony
information charging him with assaulting a federal officer. In entering the guilty plea, Bailon admitted
that on Nov. 26, 2017, he assaulted a BIA officer by punching the officer while
the officer was conducting a traffic stop on a vehicle in which Bailon was a
passenger.
At sentencing, Bailon faces a maximum penalty of eight years
in federal prison. A sentencing hearing
has yet to be scheduled.
This case was investigated by the Albuquerque office of the
FBI and the Southern Pueblos Agency of the BIA’s Office of Justice
Services. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas
J. Marshall is prosecuting the case.
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