John Vigil Jr., 35, was found guilty by jury trial in Navajo County Superior Court of continuous sexual abuse of a child, two counts of molestation of a child and three counts of sexual conduct with a minor. The charges stem from incidents that occurred in the Snowflake/Taylor area from 2013 through 2020 involving a minor under 15 years of age. Vigil was sentenced to 20 years in the Arizona Department of Corrections for continuous sexual abuse of a child, 17 years for each count of molestation of a child and life in prison for each count of sexual conduct with a minor, with credit for 32 days served on each count with the sentences to run consecutively. He was ordered to pay an investigative assessment fee of $500 and a sex offender registration assessment fee of $250. Judge Dale Nielson presided over the case with Deputy County Attorney Rob Edwards for the prosecution and Deputy Public Defender Gregory D. Green for the defense.
