Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood; Defendant
Faces 15 Year Prison Sentence
ALBUQUERQUE – Asa Jake, 40, an enrolled member of the Navajo
Nation who resides in Pine Hill, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in
Albuquerque, N.M., to child sexual abuse charges. Jake’s plea agreement recommends a 15-year
prison sentence followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by
the court. He also will be required to
register as a sex offender.
Jake was arrested on April 25, 2018, on an eight-count
indictment charging him with sexually abusing a child under the age of 12
between Nov. 2013 and Dec. 2015. The
indictment alleged that Jake committed two acts of abusive sexual contact
between Aug. 2015 and Dec. 2015, and six acts of aggravated sexual abuse
between Nov. 2013 and Dec. 2015.
According to the indictment, Jake committed the crimes on the Navajo
Indian Reservation in McKinley County, N.M.
During today’s proceedings, Jake pled guilty to two counts
of abusive sexual contact. In entering
the guilty plea, Jake admitted sexually abusing the child, who was under the
age of 12, on two separate occasions between Aug. 2015 and Dec. 2015, at a
location on the Navajo Indian Reservation.
Jake has been in federal custody since his arrest and
remains detained pending his sentencing hearing, which has yet to be scheduled.
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