MCSO, GPD stay busy during Ceremonial

The previous week was busier than usual as both local law enforcement agencies kept on the go for the entire week. The following is a list of that activity.

MCSO Warrants: Parnell Begay, Cassandra Diaz, Kelvin Duluc-Molina, Isidro Ensinias (also charged with Evading an Officer but common sense over ruled his flight when threatened with a K-9), LaVonda Johnson, Joseph Lovato (Felony Warrant), Richard Platero, and Kelander Yazzie (from San Juan jail).

GPD Warrants: Kaylee Begaye (Parole/Probation), Joe Burbank (Magistrate Court), Lariame Charley (Magistrate Court), Brenda Lou Hosteen (Already in custody on an unrelated matter), Rigina T. John...

ALBUQUERQUE – Patrick Begay, 43, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Churchrock, N.M., was sentenced Aug. 8 in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 216 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his conviction on an abusive sexual contact charge. Begay will also be required to register as a sex offender.

Begay was arrested in Nov. 2016, on a four-count indictment charging him with sexually abusing a child under the age of 12 years from Nov. 2013 through Dec. 2015, and engaging in sexual contact with a child under the age of 12 years on Jan. 6, 2016. Begay committed the offenses on the Navajo Indian Reservation in McKinley County, N.M.

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ALBUQUERQUE – Bree Lynn Coonsis, 25, a member and resident of Zuni Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty Aug. 9 in federal court in Albuquerque, to a voluntary manslaughter charge. Coonsis entered the guilty plea under a plea agreement that recommends that she be sentenced to an eight-year term of imprisonment followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court

Coonsis was arrested on May 10, on a criminal complaint charging her with killing a woman on the Zuni Pueblo on April 29, in McKinley County. According to the criminal complaint, Coonsis killed the victim by hitting the victim with her car while Coonsis was driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or...

Edward J. Duffy, Jr.

08.06.17,  2:32 am

DWI, 1st

MCSO Deputy Roxanne Slim was dispatched to the railroad tracks at the Iyanbito crossing to check on a vehicle that was still running but no driver could be seen. When Slim got close enough to see the driver, she knocked on the window before banging even harder to get the driver, Duffy, Jr., 43, of Ft. Wingate, to wake up.

Agreeing to a field sobriety test, Duffy quickly failed and was placed under arrest. When getting into the unit, Duffy hit the left side of his head and received a cut near his left eye. Slim cleaned the cut and closed it. Duffy’s mother was called to pick up the vehicle and Duffy was transported to the...