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Chinle man sentenced to more than 30 years for murder, arson

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PHOENIX – A man from Chinle, Ariz. was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for murder and arson.

According to the FBI report, on April 17, 2020, Alberto Toddy brutally assaulted two victims with a baseball bat inside one of the victim’s homes. Toddy, 35, then intentionally set fire to the home, resulting in the death of one of the victims who had been rendered unconscious by the assault. The offense occurred in Chinle, on the Navajo Nation, where both the victims and Toddy are enrolled members.

Toddy was sentenced on Dec. 19 by United States District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 365 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Toddy pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder and Arson.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Navajo Division of Public Safety conducted the investigation in this case. Assistant United States Attorneys Alexander Samuels and Emma Mark, District of Arizona, Phoenix, handled the prosecution.