PHOENIX – On March 2, 2020, Michael Jay Ameelyenah, 28, of
Parker, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 100
months in prison, followed by a term of three years of supervised release.
Ameelyenah previously pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit murder.
On March 29, 2019, Ameelyenah stabbed the victim multiple
times, causing the victim to sustain life-threatening injuries. Ameelyenah
committed the assault on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Indian Reservation
and both Ameelyenah and the victim are members of the Colorado River Indian
Tribes.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Colorado River
Indian Tribes Police Department conducted the investigation in this case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Christina J. Reid-Moore, District of Arizona, Phoenix,
handled the prosecution.
CASE NUMBER:
CR-19-00779-PHX-DJH
RELEASE NUMBER:
2020-034_Ameelyenah
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