Cole Bridges, also known as Cole Gonzales, 24, of Stow, Ohio, was sentenced to 168 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and attempting to murder U.S. military service members, based on his efforts to assist the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham to attack and kill U.S. soldiers in the Middle East.

Bridges pleaded guilty to terrorism charges on June 14, 2023.

According to court documents, Bridges joined the U.S. Army in approximately September 2019 and was assigned as a cavalry scout in the Third Infantry Division based in Fort Stewart, Georgia. Before he joined the Army...

AGallup man is facing charges of aggravated battery and tampering with evidence after he allegedly stabbed another man.

On Oct. 9 around 3 pm, Gallup Police Officer Elijah Bowman was dispatched to the Cliffside Apartments at 601 Dani Dr. after someone called Metro Dispatch to report a stabbing.

When he arrived at the scene he met with the victim. According to Bowman’s report, the man had been stabbed in the chest. The man said he’d come to the apartments to visit his wife and children. He said the man who stabbed him was named Theodore Johnson Jr.

Medical personnel soon arrived and transported the victim to a local hospital.

While the victim was being transported to the hospital...

ALBUQUERQUE — Supreme Court Chief Justice David K. Thomson will experience first-hand the workings of one of New Mexico’s busiest courts on Oct. 5

The Chief Justice will assist Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court Chief Judge Joshua J. Sánchez with custody arraignments and felony first appearances.

“Sitting in with local judges provides a fuller understanding of the work that our courts deal with each day,” Thomson said. “This helps in assessing the resources needed by courts and what the Judiciary can do to best serve the people of New Mexico.”

The visit to the Metropolitan Court is part of the Chief Justice’s efforts to meet with judges and employees at courts across...

ALBUQUERQUE — An Arizona man pleaded guilty in federal court on Oct. 1 to charges of involuntary manslaughter and assault resulting in serious bodily injury, admitting to causing a fatal three-vehicle crash.

According to the plea agreement, Olan Jumbo, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, admitted that on Nov. 26, 2022, shortly after midnight, he caused a three-vehicle crash in Navajo, N.M., while driving under the influence of alcohol. Jumbo was speeding when he collided with a vehicle driven by a woman with a man in the passenger seat. As a result of the collision, the woman suffered fatal injuries, while the man sustained serious bodily harm.

At sentencing, Jumbo faces up...