A man from Zuni New Mexico has pled guilty to a federal firearms offense after he reportedly shot a man in the heel.

A federal grand jury indicted 31-year-old Ian Channing Lasiloo on March 21. In his plea agreement, Laslioo, a member of the Zuni Tribe, admitted that he drove to of the residence of a man and asked him “where my 40 was.”  The victim replied that he didn’t owe Lasiloo anything.  While still in the driver’s seat of the car, and approximately five feet away from the victim, Lasiloo pointed a .22 caliber revolver at the victim's face and then pointed the weapon downwards.  Lasiloo then fired the weapon one time, shooting the man in the heel.

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A man from Tse Bonito New Mexico has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.

​A federal grand jury returned an indictment against 37-year-old Gerald Lee on Oct. 12, 2022. According to publicly available court documents, on May 15, 2021, when he was 35 years old, Lee, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, forcibly raped the 15-year-old victim at his mother’s house within the exterior boundaries of the Navajo Nation. Afterwards, Lee warned the victim not to tell anybody about what he had done, but the victim eventually told a teacher and counselor at her school. Lee initially claimed that he and the victim were in a consensual sexual...

A man from Bread Springs is facing multiple charges after he shot a man in the knee.

According to a criminal complaint, a group of four men were gathered outside the victim's house in Bread Springs. Arthur Chee Pat, 68, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, who lived nearby, heard the four men yelling and went to see the nature of the commotion.Pat returned to his residence to retrieve a firearm and then drove to the location of the yelling.

When Pat arrived, he told his son (who was one of the men gathered in the victim's front yard) to get in Pat’s truck. Pat then brandished a firearm and fired three gunshots in the direction of one man and two more in the victim's...

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Tishanna Judge

Feb. 10, 12:34 am

Aggravated DWI (Third)

Gallup Police met a Church Rock woman, Tishanna Judge, 31, who parked her vehicle in the middle of the road and eventually arrested and charged her with her third DWI.

Patrolman Kyle Delgai was dispatched to Casamera Apartments at 350 Basilio Dr., where he saw a white GMC Sierra parked at the scene. He met the driver, Judge, and began questioning her.

Judge reportedly did not respond to commands to lower the window at first. When she did open the window, Judge displayed signs of intoxication including bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, and trouble talking to Delgai, who also noted a strong smell of...