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Kayenta Man Sentenced to More Than 27 Years for Kidnapping and Violent Assault

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona

     PHOENIX – This week, Eli Sloan, 45, of Kayenta, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 330 months of imprisonment, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release. Last year, Sloan was convicted of six offenses following a jury trial, including kidnapping, two counts of aggravated sexual abuse, assault with intent to commit aggravated sexual abuse, assault resulting in substantial bodily injury to an intimate partner, and assault by strangling an intimate partner.

 

     On Oct. 4, 2015, Sloan kidnapped the victim and held her overnight in a rural area near Kayenta, Ariz. Eventually, he took her to a trailer, where he held her until the next day. Both Sloan and the victim are members of the Navajo Nation.

 

     The investigation in this case was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Navajo Nation Department of Public Safety. The prosecution was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alexander Samuels and Sharon Sexton, District of Arizona, Phoenix.

 

CASE NUMBER: CR-15-8232-PCT-DLR

RELEASE NUMBER: 2017-085_Sloan

 

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Updated September 13, 2017

Topic
Indian Country Law and Justice
Press Release Number: CR-15-8232-PCT-DLR / 2017-085_Sloan