Staff Reports
PHOENIX — During the week of June 15, McRenoisen Morales Sagina, 57, of St. Michaels, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 31 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release.
On March 18, a federal jury convicted Sagina of one count of Sexual Abuse by Threat, two counts of Abusive Sexual Contact by Threat, and three counts of Sexual Abuse Without Consent.
The evidence at trial showed that between January 2025 and March 10, 2025, Sagina, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, sexually abused a 17-year-old on the Navajo Nation Reservation, in St. Michaels, Ariz.. As part of the abuse, Sagina, who served as a medicine man on the Navajo Nation Reservation, reportedly threatened the victim with witchcraft and violence. Sagina’s threats allegedly included pointing a shotgun at the victim to make her take her clothes off.
The FBI Phoenix Division’s Gallup Office and the Navajo Nation Criminal Investigator’s Office conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Genevieve A. Ozark and Tracy Van Buskirk, District of Arizona, Phoenix, prosecuted the case.
