Sells Man Sentenced to 235 Months in Prison for Sexual Abuse of a Minor

TUCSON, Ariz. - Roy Samuel Paredes, 64, of Tucson, was sentenced by United States District Judge James A. Soto on June 24, 2024,to 235 months in prison, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release. Paredes pleaded guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor on November 8, 2023.

In the summer of 2021, Paredes, an enrolled member of the Tohono O'odham Nation, molested a young girl on the Tohono O'odham Nation in Sells, Arizona.

The Tohono O'odham Nation Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted the investigation in this case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew C. Cassell, District of Arizona, Tucson, handled the prosecution.

CASE NUMBER: CR-22-1914-TUC-JAS
RELEASE NUMBER: 2024-098_Paredes

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