Teenage serviceman killed

By Beth Blakeman
Managing Editor

A 19-year-old Diné
U. S. Army SPC lost his life at a party two years ago. On Sept. 27, the then-17-year-old accused of killing him will be in Albuquerque Children’s Court.

Isaiah Villanueva was a half-Navajo New Mexico native who joined the U. S. Army at the age of 17. He was accepted to train with security forces and signed up for six years.

But about two-and-a-half years in, Villanueva attended a party in Albuquerque. He was fatally shot there.

It was June 27, 2019, when two 17-year-olds identified as Angel Grado and Timothy Malek arrived at a party on Quetzl Drive SW in Albuquerque armed with guns.

During the...

‘ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME’
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A man wearing a black Tupac shirt with the words “only God can judge me,” was seen by a Dollar General employee at 90 State Hwy. 371 in Thoreau, taking a Sylvania Bluetooth Boom Box and leaving the store without paying.

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Harland Soseeah made contact with the suspect, identified as Andy Garcia, 31, of Gallup, who stated he bought the speaker two days earlier.

Soseeah said he noticed the charging cord was still in the bag and not open.

A review of the security footage showed Garcia entered the store at about 5:37 pm, went to the back-to-school section and grabbed the box, and then left. The serial...

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Aggravated DWI (Seventh)

A man was seen leaving a car crash and throwing a gun into a bush by the road. Metro Dispatch reported the incident and McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Nocona Clark was sent to the intersection of Ark Hill Road and Francisco Pond Road

At the scene, Clark found a white Nissan Altima in a small ditch with front-end damage and the driver-side door open. One witness at the scene said he found the gun and showed it to Clark. The handgun was unloaded and Clark was told that a man identified as Maynard Miller, 44, of Gallup, had walked along the road and entered a nearby ditch and could be hiding nearby.

Other witnesses said...

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