ALBUQUERQUE — A Mescalero, N.M., man pleaded guilty in federal court to assault of dating partner by strangling.

According to court documents, between May 5 and May 11, 2022, Kevin El Cavazone, 41, assaulted his ex-girlfriend by strangling her on the Mescalero Apache Reservation.

At sentencing, El Cavazone faces up to 10 years in federal prison. There is no parole in the federal system.

The Las Cruces Resident Agency of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Assistant United States Attorney Matilda McCarthy Villalobos is prosecuting the case.

ALBUQUERQUE — A man is charged with robbing the 7 2 11 Gas Station in Shiprock, N.M., after he allegedly assaulted a cashier and stole $276 from the register.

Ryan Douglas Yazzie, 27, appeared before a federal judge on Nov. 26 and will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled.

According to the criminal complaint, on the morning of Oct. 31, Yazzie allegedly entered the 7 2 11 Gas Station in Shiprock, located within the Navajo Nation reservation. Yazzie is accused of pushing a cashier to the ground and stealing the cash register drawer containing $276 before fleeing on foot.

If convicted on the current charges, Yazzie faces up to 20 years in prison followed by...

A 25-year-old man is being charged with murder after he allegedly shot and killed his own father at Ortega’s Indian Jewelry Store in Continental Divide.

On Dec. 3, around 3:45 pm, an employee of the jewelry store located at 19 State Hwy. 122 reported that gunshots went off in the store’s bathroom. They informed Metro Dispatch that a man, who was later identified as Trenton Bailey, was now standing outside the business.

In an interview with the Sun, McKinley County Sheriff James Maiorano III said that Trenton and his father, Kenneth Bailey, had allegedly been traveling from Texas to Arizona when their car broke down near the Phillips 66 gas station by the jewelry store. They...

The temperatures outside were chilly but the discussions were filled with a heated determination inside the Calvin Hall at the University of New Mexico-Gallup on Dec. 3, when Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham welcomed guests to a Public Safety Town Hall where she was joined by local and state officials for an open discussion on safety across New Mexico.

Crime and public safety remain a key issue for Gallup residents, and some of them got to ask the panel about the city and state’s efforts to confront these issues.

OFFICIALS ON HAND

Lujan Grisham thanked the efforts of Sen. George Muñoz, D-N.M., and Rep. Patty Lundstrom, Dist. 1, in her opening remarks where she acknowledged the immense...