FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE – A Little Water man has been charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury following an incident in 2024.

According to court documents, on July 29, 2024, Anthony Sandoval, 40, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, assaulted the victim with a rifle, and the assault resulted in serious bodily injury.

Sandoval is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, assault resulting in serious bodily injury and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Sandoval will remain in third-party custody pending trial, which has not yet been scheduled. If convicted of the current charges, Sandoval faces up to 10 years in prison.

U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison and Philip Russell, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, made the announcement on this case.

The Gallup Resident Agency of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Navajo Nation Police Department and Navajo Department of Criminal Investigations. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Marshall is prosecuting the case.

View the Indictment (Sandoval).pdf

An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.