Stephanie Whitney, 46, of Parker, Az. and a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribe, was sentenced on Nov. 24th, 2008, by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt to 80 months in federal prison. Whitney pleaded guilty on Aug. 11th, 2008 to Assault with a Dangerous Weapon for stabbing her adult male friend with a knife.
On Sept. 14th, 2007, Whitney verbally threatened her friend with a knife, used the knife
to cut his left wrist then later stabbed him in the chest below his left collar bone, barely missing an artery. The victim was transported via helicopter to a hospital in Phoenix where he required multiple stitches for the stab wound.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The prosecution was handled by Raynette Logan and Jennifer E. Green, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, District of Arizona, Phoenix.