A Phoenix man was sentenced on Apr. 8 to 108 months in prison for sexually abusing a minor, according to an announcement by Acting U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison and Justin A. Garris, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office.
The case involves Jeremy Blueeyes, age 26 and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, who engaged in sexual contact with a minor under the age of 12 in 2019. Blueeyes later pled guilty to abusive sexual contact of a minor.
Upon completion of his prison sentence, Blueeyes will be required to serve ten years of supervised release and must register as a sex offender. There is no parole in the federal system.
The investigation was conducted by the Farmington Resident Agency of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office with support from the Navajo Police Department and Navajo Nation Department of Criminal Investigations. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Marshall is prosecuting the case as part of Project Safe Childhood, an initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 aimed at combating child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Project Safe Childhood brings together federal, state, and local resources to locate and prosecute individuals who exploit children online and works to identify and rescue victims.
