SHIPROCK, N.M. - Navajo Police Department Shiprock District is currently attempting to locate convicted felon, Kendale Johnson, 31, who is wanted on a federal arrest warrant for possession of a firearm. Johnson is also a person of interest involving multiple car thefts and home invasions that has occurred within the Shiprock police district.

On July 14 at about 8:25 pm, the Shiprock Police District was engaged in two separate vehicle pursuits in Shiprock, N.M. Johnson is believed to have been in one of the vehicles. The pursuits ended with the occupants abandoning the vehicles, resulting in a foot search of the area which led to the apprehension of five individuals.

The...

BAD VACATION SURPRISE
Yatahey, June 13

A couple came back from a vacation and discovered that some of their belongings were missing and other items were scattered about.

They concluded that someone, possibly their landlord, had broken into their house.

On June 13, around 11:12 am, McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Davis Jr. was dispatched to 18 S. La Bah in Yatahey.

When he arrived at the scene, he spoke to the people who lived at the house. The man stated they had been on a week-long vacation out of state and when they returned around 8:00 pm the night before, they had found things out of place and some items gone, such as jewelry and some cash.

The victim said the man who...

Norman Begay
June 16, 3:56 pm
Aggravated DWI

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Frank Villa Jr. was stationed in the median of U.S. Highway 491 near the 6.5 mile marker when he clocked a vehicle traveling 79 mph in a 55-mph zone. He turned south onto the highway to follow the vehicle, which turned into the parking lot of T&R Market, 667 U.S. Hwy. 491, and stopped.

Villa pulled behind the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. He met the driver, Norman Begay, 30, of Window Rock, Ariz., and noted the smell of alcohol coming from the vehicle once the window was rolled down. Norman said he was not in any rush and had not drunk anything prior to driving. He was told to remove his...

ALBUQUERQUE — Swinging a metal bar over and over in an attack on two people resulted in a three-year-10-month prison sentence for a Navajo man.

Matthew Ramone, 32, of Thoreau pleaded guilty Jan. 21, 2020 to assault resulting in serious bodily injury to John Doe and Jane Doe and was sentenced June 14.

The assaults occurred outside John Doe’s residence on the Navajo Nation in McKinley County. According to the plea agreement and other court records, Ramone, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, struck John Doe in the head with a three-foot metal bar on Oct. 16, 2019, causing him to fall to the ground. Ramone continued hitting the victim while he was on the ground. Ramone’s attack...