A Tohatchi man is facing 13 months in jail after he drove while under the influence of alcohol and killed a man.

According to court documents, on Nov. 2, 2022, Donovan Henry was driving east on Route 134 in Sheep Springs, New Mexico, with two passengers when he lost control of his vehicle. The car went off the two-lane road and flipped when it hit a boulder. All three occupants were ejected. A Navajo Police officer arrived to find 40-year-old Henry underneath the vehicle and his two passengers lying on the ground near the vehicle.

Henry, who is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was airlifted to San Juan Regional Medical Center. The front-seat passenger, who was also a member of...

ALBUQUERQUE – Three people, including a man from Yahtahey, are facing time in prison after they reportedly kidnapped and killed a man.

According to the indictment, between Feb. 6 and Feb. 15, 2020, Camille Damon, Ronald Belone,  and Tyran Begay kidnapped a man before killing him in a remote location near Smith Lake, New Mexico. The man was reportedly restrained, beaten, and strangled with a ligature.

Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, announced Jan. 4 that Damon, 44 of Mexican Springs New Mexico;  Belone, 40, of Yahtahey, New...

A man named Tristan Morgan was caught trying to cash a fraudulent check at a local bank.

On Nov. 10, around 10:15 am, Gallup Police Officer Darius Johnson was dispatched to the Pinnacle Bank at 107 E. Hill Ave. When he arrived at the scene, he met with the bank manager who said that Morgan, 23, walked into the bank on Nov. 6 around 4:45 pm.

According to the bank manager, Morgan gave a teller a check and said he wanted to cash it. But, as it turned out, the amount did not apply to that particular check. The bank confiscated the check.

According to Johnson’s report, the check looked as if it had been washed and written on. The bank manager determined that it had been forged.

After...

Man caught taking packages off porches

A man who was identified as Robert Gorman was caught stealing packages off of porches six days before Christmas.

On Dec. 19, around 11:45 am, Gallup Police Sgt. Matthew Graham was called out to the Mossman neighborhood after multiple people reported that packages had been stolen from their front doors.

The victims said that they’d seen a man driving a white Chevy Hatchback around the neighborhood and stealing packages. One victim’s front door camera caught a man with a shaved head wearing a blue hoodie with the words “RAMPART” in white and orange on the front.

Gallup Police identified the man as Gorman, 42. According to Graham’s...