Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Crime News (b)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Stanton Hannaweeke appeared in federal court on a criminal complaint charging him with aggravated sexual abuse with children. Hannaweeke, 61, of Zuni and an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Zuni, will remain in custody pending a preliminary and detention hearing scheduled for September 13, 2023.
According to the criminal complaint, on August 20, 2023, Jane Doe, a minor, told her mother that Hannaweeke had sexually assaulted her the day before. During a subsequent interview with law enforcement officers, Jane Doe reported that Hannaweeke had begun touching her approximately 3 to 4 years prior to the report. Jane Doe’s siblings collaborated her report by confirming that Jane Doe had either told them about prior incidents or they witnessed the incidents themselves.
A complaint is only an allegation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. If convicted on the current charge, Hannaweeke faces up to lifetime imprisonment.
The Gallup Resident Agency of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Zuni Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert James Booth II is prosecuting the case.
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