Public Safety
An enrolled member of the Navajo Nation was charged Oct. 4 in federal court with a killing in Indian Country. Quinten Smith, 21, of Mexican Springs, N.M. will remain in custody pending trial.
According to a criminal complaint, Smith and others went to the home of the victim, identified as John Doe, on Sept. 24. They wanted...
Public Safety
Chinle man gets 18 years for domestic violence murder
An enrolled member of the Navajo Nation was sentenced to more than 18 years in prison for second degree murder in a domestic violence case.
Roderrell Boyd Charley, 33, of Chinle, Ariz was sentenced to 222 months of imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes on Oct. 13. Charley previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder.
It was Charley’s mother who called police, who then found the victim lying in the road.
According to the FBI statement, Charley beat the victim to death with his fists and feet between Oct. 7 and Oct. 8, 2019. Family members heard him screaming and arguing with the victim on the night of Oct. 7. The next morning, Charley told his sister that the...
Roderrell Boyd Charley, 33, of Chinle, Ariz was sentenced to 222 months of imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes on Oct. 13. Charley previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder.
It was Charley’s mother who called police, who then found the victim lying in the road.
According to the FBI statement, Charley beat the victim to death with his fists and feet between Oct. 7 and Oct. 8, 2019. Family members heard him screaming and arguing with the victim on the night of Oct. 7. The next morning, Charley told his sister that the...
Traffic stop vehicle search exposes big haul
A speeding violation led to a 42 pound drug haul for Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Salazar Oct. 13.When he stopped a vehicle on I-40 at Mile Marker 20, he noticed the statements given by the driver and the passenger were inconsistent. That led him to ask for consent to search the vehicle, which he received.
Salazar found 42 pounds of methamphetamine and a gun.
Three men were arrested. They are: Martin Cabrera-Villa, 31, of Tijuana, Mexico; José Marquez, 20, of Indio, Calif.; and Joseph Barrera, 32, of Brawley, Calif.
All three face charges of trafficking a controlled substance by possession, with intent to distribute (methamphetamine) and unlawful carrying of a firearm.
Cabrera-Villa...
House gets hit by second fire
A house that suffered a destructive fire on May 30, burned again on Oct. 14. Fire Marshal Jon Pairett said someone had been taking care of the house since the May incident, but that it was vacant at the time of the blaze, Oct. 14.
The owners of the house, are in the process of getting it demolished.
The cause of the most recent fire is under investigation.
Tangled up in his explanation
Man is arrested after three-vehicle crashA Gallup man has been charged with vehicular homicide after he crashed into two other cars while driving drunk.
Gallup Police Officer Christopher Dawes was called to 100 Mendoza Rd. about a three-car crash with possible injuries on Sept. 29 a little after 2:30 in the afternoon.
He met with a man who was involved in the crash, who stated that a black Hyundai was trying to turn onto Horse Find Road when it was hit by a red Jeep that he estimated to have been traveling about 75 miles an hour. The Jeep rear-ended the Hyundai, which caused it to hit the a truck.
The man from the Hyundai said that he went to confront the man in the red Jeep, and...
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