Public Safety
1-40 westbound is closed from mile marker 20 to mile marker 19 after an accident occurred around 8:30 am this morning.
Gallup Police Capt. Erin Toadlena-Pablo said two vehicles collided, although she didn't know what type of vehicles they were.
A total of 11 people were involved in the accident. Three occupants had to be...
Public Safety
Weekly DWI Report
Featured DWIRoger Lee
Nov. 8, 4:54 am
Aggravated DWI (Fourth)
A call for a single vehicle collision resulted in a Pinedale man, Roger Lee, 43, being charged with his fourth DWI.
McKinley County Deputy Brandon Salazar was stationed near mile marker 27 of I-40 when the call of the collision near the old State Police Barracks on Highway 118 came in. The report stated the incident was located across the interstate from Salazar, so he moved his vehicle to find the alleged crash location.
Salazar saw a red pickup truck parked on the north side of the road and two males standing outside. He turned off on exit 26 and drove to the site where he found one of the males, later...
FBI offers reward in Laguna Pueblo homicide
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the stabbing death of a Laguna Pueblo man.
On Aug. 12, 2021, Victor G. Jones, 42, was found deceased in the driveway of a residence in New Laguna, N.M.
Jones was stabbed in the chest.
Anyone with information is asked to the contact the FBI at (505) 889-1300 or online at tips.fbi.gov.
Staff Reports
Pinon man sentenced to 202 months for second degree murder
PHOENIX – After pleading guilty, a man was sentenced to 202 months in prison for second degree murder.
On Nov. 14, Kelly Joyce, 38, of Pinon, Ariz., was sentenced by United States District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 202 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Joyce previously pleaded guilty to second degree murder.
On March 2, 2020, Joyce, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, reportedly shot and killed a victim. The crime occurred in Pinon.
The FBI and the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety conducted the investigation in this case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jillian Besancon, District of Arizona, Phoenix, handled the prosecution.
Staff Reports
Dilkon woman sentenced to 51 months for child abuse
PHOENIX – A woman was recently sentenced to 51 months in prison after she allegedly threw a child from a moving vehicle.
Melody Gwen Nez, 32, of Dilkon, Ariz., was sentenced on Nov. 21 by United States District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 51 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Nez previously pleaded guilty to Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
For at least several weeks in the summer of 2021, Nez allegedly abused a five-year-old child in her care. The abuse culminated in an Aug. 19, 2021, incident in which Nez reportedly threw the child from a moving vehicle, seriously injuring the child. The abuse occurred on the Navajo Nation, where Nez is an...
Melody Gwen Nez, 32, of Dilkon, Ariz., was sentenced on Nov. 21 by United States District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 51 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Nez previously pleaded guilty to Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
For at least several weeks in the summer of 2021, Nez allegedly abused a five-year-old child in her care. The abuse culminated in an Aug. 19, 2021, incident in which Nez reportedly threw the child from a moving vehicle, seriously injuring the child. The abuse occurred on the Navajo Nation, where Nez is an...
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