PHOENIX – On Dec. 12, Morris Singer, 54, of Kayenta, Ariz., and a member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Judge Stephen M. McNamee to 37 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release.  Singer had previously pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

The case involved Singer driving his vehicle while intoxicated.  The victim, also a member of the Navajo Nation, was the passenger in Singer’s vehicle. Singer lost control of the vehicle and it rolled several times, ejecting the victim.  The victim died from injuries sustained from the crash, which occurred within the Navajo reservation.

The investigation in this case was conducted by the...

A police officer caught a man trying to hotwire a car at TravelCenters of America, 3405 W. Highway 66, Dec. 8.

Gallup Police Department Officer John Gonzales responded to the call shortly after 11 am. The suspect was reportedly trying to break into a vehicle at U Save Truck Stop, 3405 W. Highway 66, when the call came in.

With the help of a passerby, police located the suspect Ruben Pena, Jr. at TA, across the street from U Save.

Gonzales drove up to the teal-colored car that Pena was sitting in. The front and rear windshields were broken out. He had the fuse panel open, and “it appeared that Ruben Pena, Jr. was trying to hot wire the vehicle,” the report states.

The officer...

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Larren Ramone

Dec. 3, 4:18 pm

Homicide by Vehicle (DWI)

McKinley County Sheriff’s Sgt. Tammy S. Houghtaling was called to a crash scene at the five mile marker of State Highway 612. Houghtaling was advised that the intoxicated driver, Larren Ramone, 23, was being flown to UNM Hospital in Albuquerque for head injuries, according to the police report. Houghtaling was also advised that the other passenger, Garry Ashley, 51, had died.

MCSO Dep. Branhurst, who was on the scene before Houghtaling, informed him that Ramone smelled and appeared intoxicated. He said, “his eyes were bloodshot and watery,” according to the police report. Ramone had admitted to drinking...