A federal judge has handed down a prison sentence stretching beyond 28 years to an Arizona man who admitted to sexually abusing four children over a multi-year period, court officials said. On May 7, Ski Redfeather Johnson was sentenced to a total of 340 months behind bars after entering guilty pleas to four counts of abusive sexual contact with a minor. The case, prosecuted in federal court, concluded with the judge imposing the combined sentence for the series of offenses Johnson acknowledged committing.
Mugshot of the Arizona man who was sentenced to 28 years in prison on charges of sexually abusing four children.
Before the hearing that resulted in his sentence, Johnson formally admitted guilt to each of the four federal counts lodged against him. Prosecutors laid out that the sexual abuse involved four different victims, each of whom was under the age of 12 at the time of the incidents. Those offenses are reported to have occurred over a five-year span, beginning in 2015 and continuing through 2020, as Johnson moved among residences where he lived.
Johnson is from San Xavier in Pima County, a community located roughly 17 miles southwest of Tucson. Prosecutors say the abusive conduct took place at four separate homes on the Tohono O’odham Nation where Johnson resided during the period in question. The details presented to the court framed the offenses as repeated and involving multiple victims, and the sentencing reflected the aggregate gravity of those admitted acts.
U.S. Attorney Timothy Courchaine, speaking about the case, described Johnson’s actions in direct terms, saying, “Ski Redfeather Johnson repeatedly preyed upon and stole the innocence of four children.” Courchaine also emphasized the role of investigators when characterizing the outcome. “This 28-year sentence reflects the relentless work of FBI Special Agents and Tohono O’odham Nation Tribal Police officers dedicated to protecting these children and bringing their perpetrator to justice,” Courchaine said, highlighting the involvement of both federal and tribal law enforcement in the investigation that led to the prosecution and sentencing.
Hands gripping jail cell bars, illustrating the 28-year prison term handed down in the case.
The federal sentence of 340 months represents the court’s calculation of punishment for all four counts combined. The proceedings in which Johnson pleaded guilty preceded the May 7 sentencing date, after which the judge set the lengthy imprisonment term now to be served. The case record identifies the charges as abusive sexual contact with a minor and notes the multi-count nature of the indictment that brought the conduct to federal court.
Law enforcement agencies working on the matter included FBI Special Agents alongside officers from the Tohono O’odham Nation Tribal Police, according to statements issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Those agencies conducted the investigation that developed the evidence supporting the four-count plea and the subsequent sentencing. Federal prosecutors pursued the matter through the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, which announced the outcome following the judge’s ruling.
The criminal conduct underpinning the federal charges was limited, in official descriptions, to incidents occurring at residences where Johnson lived on the Tohono O’odham Nation between 2015 and 2020. Prosecutors conveyed that the victims were four separate children, each younger than 12 years old at the time they were abused. With the sentencing concluded, Johnson will serve the 340-month term in the custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons subject to the procedures for federal inmates.
The court filing and statements made public after the sentencing reiterate the timeline and geography of the offenses: multiple incidents over several years, four victims under the age of 12, and four residences on the Tohono O’odham Nation linked to the abuse. Federal authorities stressed the collaborative investigative effort that led to the guilty plea and the long prison term imposed by the U.S. district judge on May 7. The U.S. Attorney’s office framed the sentence as a measure of accountability for the crimes Johnson admitted in court.