An enrolled member of the Navajo Nation was sentenced to more than 18 years in prison for second degree murder in a domestic violence case.
U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes sentenced Roderrell Boyd Charley, 33, of Chinle, Ariz. to 222 months of imprisonment on Oct. 13. Charley previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder.
Charley’s mother called police, when she found the victim lying on the road.
According to the FBI statement, Charley beat the victim to death with his fists and feet between Oct. 7 and Oct. 8, 2019. Family members heard him screaming and arguing with the victim on the night of Oct. 7. The next morning, Charley told his sister that the victim was no longer...
Public Safety
Motorcycle crash kills 82-year-old-man
CIBOLA COUNTY — An 82-year-old man crashed his motorcycle on BIA Road 125 near Milepost 2, south of Ramah, Oct. 16 around 5 pm.
New Mexico State Police responded to a call and found a 2017 Kawasaki motorcycle had left the roadway and crashed at that location.
The driver was George W. McBeath, 82 of Pinehill, N.M. He suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. McBeath was wearing a helmet. Alcohol was not a factor in the incident.
The crash is under investigation by the New Mexico State Police.
Staff Reports
Enrolled member of Navajo Nation charged with murder
Enrolled member of the Navajo Nation Quinten Smith, 21, of Mexican Springs, N.M., was charged Oct. 4 in federal court with a killing on the Navajo Nation. He will remain in custody pending trial.
According to a criminal complaint, Smith and others went to the home of the victim, identified as John Doe, on Sept. 24 to confront him. When they arrived, an argument turned physical. During the fight, Smith allegedly stabbed the victim multiple times in the back using a pocketknife. Smith and the others who were with him are believed to have fled the scene.
Doe, also an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, who lived on the Navajo Nation, was found dead at his home.
If convicted, Smith...
According to a criminal complaint, Smith and others went to the home of the victim, identified as John Doe, on Sept. 24 to confront him. When they arrived, an argument turned physical. During the fight, Smith allegedly stabbed the victim multiple times in the back using a pocketknife. Smith and the others who were with him are believed to have fled the scene.
Doe, also an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, who lived on the Navajo Nation, was found dead at his home.
If convicted, Smith...
Unlucky house
A house that was hit by a fire on May 30, was hit by another fire Oct. 14. The owners of the house at 808 W. Maloney Ave. were already in the process of arranging to have it demolished when the second fire began.
Gallup Acting Fire Marshal Jon Pairett said someone had been taking care of the house since the incident in May. He added that the building was vacant at the time of the October fire.
Pairett found a makeshift stove inside the house. He said it may have been from a transient. The cause of the fire is being labeled as accidental.
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Traffic stop vehicle search exposes big haul
A speeding violation led to a 42 pound drug haul for McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Salazar Oct. 13.When Salazar stopped a vehicle on I-40 at Mile Marker 20, he noticed the statements given by the driver and the passenger didn’t match. That led him to ask for consent to search the vehicle. The driver said he could search.
He found 42 pounds of methamphetamine and a gun.
“It’s incredible what’s moving down our Interstate at any given time. I’m glad this load of meth didn’t make [it] into the hands of our community or any other community for that matter,” Undersheriff James Maiorano III said.
Three men were arrested. They are: Martin Cabrera-Villa, 31, of...
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