TRAIN-TRACK ATTACK
9/24, GALLUP
Around 5 pm, McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Salina Brown was dispatched to the Gallup Flea Market at 340 Ninth St. in reference to a male who’d been hit by a baseball bat and needed medical attention.
According to her report, at the scene, Brown found two security guards and a...
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Crownpoint man sentenced to more than 15 years in prison
FOR ARMED ASSAULT ON TRIBAL, FEDERAL OFFICERS ALBUQUERQUE – Jarod Martin, 36, a member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Crownpoint, N.M., was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 183 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his conviction on assault and firearms charges. Martin’s crimes of conviction arose out of his March 2, 2015, assault against two Navajo Nation tribal police officers, one of whom was commissioned as a special federal officer by the BIA, during which Martin fired shots at one of the officers and later brandished his firearm at both officers.
Martin’s sentence was announced by U.S...
President Begaye signs agreement putting fee land into trust for NDOT Facility
Staff ReportsOn Sep. 23, President Russell Begaye and Sharon Pinto, Bureau of Indian Affairs Navajo regional director, signed an agreement that placed 86.68 acres of fee land into trust land status according to the 1974 Navajo Hopi Land Settlement Act.
“Converting the land that the Navajo Department of Transportation (NDOT) is built upon has been a long time coming,” Begaye said. “The Office of the President and Vice President greatly appreciate the coordination of this effort between the Navajo Nation, the BIA and the Navajo Hopi Land Commission.”
Principal Civil Engineer for NDOT, Darryl Bradley said NDOT has been looking forward to this signing.
“I’d like to...
Gamerco man jailed on robbery, battery, tampering charges
Victim reportedly stabbed 19 timesBy Bernie Dotson
Sun Correspondent
A Gamerco man remained in jail at the McKinley County Adult Detention Center Sept. 23 on a $15,000 cash-only bond after being charged with robbery, aggravated battery, and tampering with evidence, according to an arrest warrant.
Troy Pinto, 43, is the primary suspect in the Sept. 17 stabbing of Elbert Smith at a location behind Home Depot at 530 Kachina St. Smith told Gallup police detectives that he’d been drinking at the Home Depot location with two males and a female. Each was Native American, according to the warrant.
Smith said the two males jumped him and stole his wallet, cell phone, clothes and $14 in...
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