WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
ALBUQUERQUE -An Arizonaman has been indicted in connection with four alleged sexual assaults on a child that occurred over a three-year period on the Navajo Nation.
According to court documents, between June 2017 and June 2020, Roman B. Ortiz, 36, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, engaged in or attempted to engage in sex acts with a minor under 12 years old, doing so at a residence located within the exterior boundaries of the Navajo Nation.
Ortiz is charged with four counts of aggravated sexual abuse. Ortiz will remain in custody pending trial, which has not yet been scheduled. If convict...