Source: Office of United States Attorneys
ALBUQUERQUE – An Española man has been charged with multiple felony counts of domestic assault, including strangulation and causing serious bodily injury.
According to court records, Isiah James Gutierrez-Arquero, 29, an enrolled member of the Santa Clara Pueblo, is accused of three counts of assaulting Jane Doe on September 21, 2023. Specifically, Gutierrez-Arquero is charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury, assault resulting in substantial bodily injury to a dating partner and assaulting a dating partner by strangulation.
Gutierrez-Arquero will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled. If convicted, Gutierrez-Arquero faces up to 10 years in prison.
U.S. Attorney Alexander M.M. Uballez made the announcement today.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs investigated this case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Zachary Jones is prosecuting the case.
An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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