ALBUQUERQUE — A Shiprock man was sentenced to 46 months in prison on Oct. 16 for a 2020 assault with the intent to steal a motor vehicle within the Navajo Nation.
According to court documents, on May 17, 2020, Daryl Levi, 41, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, and others assaulted a man in Shiprock, N.M., with the intent of taking his motor vehicle. As a result of the assault, the victim was wounded.
Upon his release from prison, Levi will be subject to three years of supervised release.
The Farmington Resident Agency of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Navajo Police Department and Navajo Department of Criminal Investigations. Assistant United States Attorneys Mark A. Probasco and Samuel A. Hurtado are prosecuting the case.