ALBUQUERQUE — A Church Rock man was sentenced to 264 months in prison Jan. 15 after pleading guilty to multiple counts of sexual abuse involving three young victims, two of whom were under the age of 12 at the time of the offenses and one who was under the age of 16.
According to court documents, between January 2014 and December 2021, Nathaniel Luz, 32, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, engaged in sexual contact with two victims, both children who had were not yet 12 years old.
In August 2022, Luz also engaged in a sexual act with a third victim, a child who was older than 12, But not yet 16. had attained the age of 12 years but had not yet attained the age of 16 years.
Upon his release from prison, Luz will be subject to 15 years of supervised release and must register as a sex offender.
The Farmington Resident Agency of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office with assistance from the Navajo Police Department and the Navajo Department of Criminal Investigations investigated this case. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brittany DuChaussee as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit Justice.gov/PSC.
