A Scottsdale man, Andrew Orozco, was sentenced to 97 months in prison after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of a minor and assault of an intimate partner or dating partner by strangulation.
Orozco’s prison term is to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release.
According to the Department of Justice, the act of sexual abuse to which Orozco pleaded guilty was one of a series of sexual acts Orozco perpetrated against the same minor victim. The minor victim was a family member of Orozco’s adult dating partner, who eventually discovered evidence of the sexual abuse and confronted Orozco. When she did so, Orozco assaulted her, including by strangling her.
Orozco’s crimes were committed on the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation. Both victims are enrolled members of the Hopi Tribe, and Orozco is an enrolled member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.