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...

ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau is investigating a shooting that occurred at the Children, Youth & Families Department building.

On Oct. 1, the bureau was called to investigate a shooting at the building located at 4501 Indian School Road NE in Albuquerque. They learned that around 7:30 pm that day a security guard working for Securitas Security Services assigned to the CYFD building, observed a male identified as Casey McCray, 36, sleeping on the property. The security guard advised McCray that he was trespassing and had to leave the property. McCray grabbed a cannister of bear spray from his backpack and sprayed the security guard. The security...

CHINLE, Ariz. — As the public is on high alert due to multiple school shooting threats floating around online, an 18-year-old high school student was caught with a pellet gun by Navajo Police during the Chinle High School Homecoming dance in Chinle, Ariz. on Sept. 28.

The Navajo Police Department was conducting a security check during the Homecoming dance when they received a report of a possible armed student at the event.

Additional officers responded and searched the area. The student was located carrying a pellet handgun and arrested.

This incident is still under investigation.

Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact the NPD Chinle District at (928)...

After Facebook posts began popping up saying that local law enforcement had caught the person(s) responsible for online threats about potential school shootings, McKinley County Sheriff James Maiorano III said that information is false.

On Sept. 26 posts started appearing online stating that local police had found and arrested the person allegedly responsible for the online threats.

Mairoano said he believes that rumor may have started when the Gallup Police Department made an appearance at Miyamura High School on Sept. 26. Officers took two boys off a school bus so they could question them about social media posts they wrote.

However, the boys were not the original posters of the...