The FBI and Zuni Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance in finding the person or persons responsible for the death of Jolynn Marie Calavaza.

Calavaza’s body was found in a vacant lot on Zuni Pueblo on May 4.

An autopsy determined Calavaza, of Zuni Pueblo, had died of multiple stab wounds.

Calavaza was 46 years old. She had black hair, hazel eyes, weighed approximately 169 pounds, and was 5’4” tall.

Anyone with information about this death is asked to contact the FBI at (505) 889-1300 or tips.fbi.gov.

Grants, N.M. - The New Mexico State Police has become aware of recent reports of a phone scam in the Grants, N.M. area in which a victim is contacted by phone and told they have warrant for their arrest. When the victim answers they are asked to provide their bank information and make a payment over the phone to cancel the warrant.



Scammers are also instructing the victims that they are an officer with the New Mexico State Police and the phone number they are using comes up on victim’s phone as the New Mexico State Police Grants Sub-District phone number (505) 287-4377. The phone number provided by the scammers is the actual phone number to the State Police Office in Grants...

Clint Hannon

Jan. 8, 11:16 am

Aggravated DWI

Sgt. Tammy Houghtaling was advised of a black Nissan Rogue parked at the Tohlakai Speedway on Jan. 8. The car had been reported as driving “all over’’ Highway 264.

Houghtaling contacted the driver, Clint Hannon, 37, of Chandler, Ariz., who said he was driving to Naschitti, N.M., and stopped for gas. Houghtaling noticed two open 12-ounce cans of beer and one 375 milliliter can of vodka in his car.

Hannon, whose speech was slurred and movements were slow, was not ordered to take a field sobriety test for his safety and he refused a breathalyzer test several times.

He was booked into the McKinley County Detention Center for...

A Mexican Springs man was arrested after reportedly assaulting a peace officer on New Year’s Eve.

Joshuah Povatah, 28, of Mexican Springs, N.M., was booked into McKinley County Detention Center — the same place that he allegedly assaulted an officer.

Povatah arrived at the jail just after 4 p.m. to ask if he had a bench warrant out for his arrest. The officer replied that Povatah could check on that himself.

Povatah then swung at the officer with a closed fist before heading for the doors that lead to the jail itself. The officer pepper sprayed him and “kneed [Povatah] in the face because he was combative.” He placed Povatah in handcuffs and waited for police to arrive for...