Staff Reports

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the death of Alvin Yazzie, Jr., of Sanostee, N.M., on the Navajo Nation. 

On July 15, 2017, Yazzie's body was discovered approximately three miles north of the Chapter House in Sanostee. 

An autopsy indicated Yazzie suffered multiple blunt and sharp force injuries to his head.

Yazzie was last seen in the company of an unidentified Native American man with whom he had a fight in a nearby residence. 

The man followed Yazzie outside and down a dirt road.

The FBI and Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety are investigating.

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Gallup Police Department officers were called to the Goodwill Store located at 1820 E. Hwy 66 at about 10 am Dec. 19, in reference to a container with what appeared to be grenades found near the business, GPD Capt. Marinda Spencer said.

Officers immediately evacuated the business and surrounding stores. No one was injured in this incident.

The initial investigation revealed that among items donated to Goodwill was a toolbox, Spencer stated in a Dec. 19 release.

“The employee who works at the receiving point took the items and began to inventory the donated items,” she wrote. “When he opened the toolbox he saw what appeared to be a grenade."

Police officers accessed the...

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ALBUQUERQUE — Attorney General Hector Balderas secured the preventative detention of Mario Morales, a man accused of human trafficking, kidnapping, criminal sexual penetration, false imprisonment and more Dec. 14.

The New Mexico Office of the Attorney General successfully extradited Morales, following his arrest in Arizona last month. Following the NMOAG’s preventative detention motion in November, Morales was indicted on more 15 charges, 14 of them felonies.

“Serial offenders who harm New Mexicans need to be behind bars, if they pose a risk to our community,” Balderas said. “We are prepared to seek justice for the family who has been harmed.”

In addition to...