ALBUQUERQUE – A Dulce man pleaded guilty to a violent assault that left the victim with serious injuries.
According to court documents, on December 31, 2025, Dennison Billy, Jr. , 36, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, struck an adult victim in the face with his fists while the victim was driving a vehicle in Dulce, New Mexico. Responding officers found Billy highly intoxicated in the passenger seat and the victim nearby with visible blood and multiple injuries. The victim reported exiting the vehicle to avoid further assault and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. Billy told law enforcement that he had consumed a large amount of alcohol, blacked out, and did not remember the incident.
The victim sustained serious injuries, including fractures to the orbital wall and nasal bones.
Billy pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury. At sentencing, he faces up to 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison and Justin A. Garris, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, made the announcement today.
The Farmington Resident Agency of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Jicarilla Apache Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron O. Jordan is prosecuting the case.
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office — New Mexico — U.S. Department of Justice press release.