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Date: 01-31-2022
Case Style:
Case Number: 1:19-cr-01610-MV
Judge: Martha Vazquez
Court: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with armed robbery.
Julian Silversmith, 44, of Jones Ranch, New Mexico, was indicted on one count of interference with interstate commerce by robbery and violence and one count of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence in Indian Country. Co-defendant Aurelius Eddie, 20, of Vanderwagen, New Mexico, was indicted on one count of interference with interstate commerce by robbery and violence, one count of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and one count of assault with a dangerous weapon in Indian Country. Both defendants are members of the Navajo Nation.
According to their plea agreements and other court records, on April 18, 2019, Silversmith drove co-defendants Eddie and Kevin Marquez, 22, of Gallup, New Mexico, to a convenience store in Vanderwagon, knowing that they intended to rob the store. As Eddie and Marquez entered the convenience store, they began waving firearms, and Eddie fired a round into the ceiling. They then proceeded to steal alcohol from the refrigerators and behind the counter while Marquez pointed his firearm at the clerk. Eddie admitted that following the robbery he fired a round at two Navajo Police officers.
The crimes were committed on the Navajo Nation.
Marquez pleaded guilty on Sept. 26, 2019, to one count of interference with interstate commerce by robbery and violence, one count of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. On Jan. 27, 2021, Marquez was sentenced to seven years in prison and three years of supervised release.
The office of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the McKinley County Sheriff’s Department and Navajo Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph Spindle and Frederick Mendenhall prosecuted the case.
18:1951(a): Interference with Interstate Commerce by Robbery and Violence; 18:2 Aiding and Abetting
(1s)
18:924(c)(1)(A)(ii): Using, Carrying, and Brandishing a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence. and Possessing and Brandishing a Firearm in Furtherance of Such Crime; 18:2: Aiding and Abetting
(2s)
Outcome: Silversmith: SENTENCE IMPOSED: CBOP: 24 months as to Count 1, 84 months as to Count 2, to be served consecutive to Count 1, for a total term of imprisonment of 108 months; Supervised Release:3 years each, to be run concurrent, with Special Conditions; 500-Hour Drug Program; SPA: $200; Defendant held in custody
Aurelius Jamal Eddie: SENTENCE IMPOSED: CBOP: 24 months each as to Count 1 and 3, to be run concurrently with each other, 120 months as to Count 2, to be run consecutive to the 24 months imposed as to Counts 1 and 3; for a total term of imprisonment of 144 months; Supervised Release: 3 years as to each Count, all to be run concurrently, with Special Conditions; 500-Hour Drug Program; SPA: $300; Defendant held in custody
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