New Mexico

New Details: Mescalero Apache man sentenced for strangling partner

By KVIA ABC-7

November 8, 2024 9:42 AM

Published November 6, 2024 4:15 PM

Update: Federal prosecutors say Evans "assaulted his intimate partner by shoving her and grabbing her by her throat until they tripped and fell to the ground."

MESCALERO, New Mexico (KVIA) -- A federal judge sentenced 21-year-old Ronnie Pernell Evans to 30 months in prison for strangling his intimate partner.

Federal prosecutors say the alleged assault happened on November 8, 2023 when Evans, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, shoved and grabbed his partner's throat.

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