BRASS KNUCKLE BEATING

6/6, Thoreau

A woman intervened when she saw a man getting punched out by another man, allegedly with brass knuckles near Thoreau Baptist Church, 87 State Highway 371.

Dennalle Charley tackled suspect Joshua Jim, 23, and “tied him up on the ground,” according to McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Merlin Benally’s report.

After Benally took an initial report from Charley, she left the scene. Benally traded out Jim’s tied hands with handcuffs and interviewed the victim, 50-year-old Jefferson Jim, who said that his nephew Joshua Jim’s behavior caught him off guard.

The two were sipping on some beers near the church when Joshua Jim “sat on top...

NAME: Courtney N. Billy

AGE: 24

BOOKED: 5/15/17

NOTES: Agg. DWI; Cons./Poss. Alcohol in Vehicle

NAME: Julian Douglas Towne

AGE: 40

BOOKED: 5/14/17

NOTES: Agg. DWI; Cons./Poss. Alcohol in Vehicle

NAME: Dennis Joe Brown

AGE: 38

BOOKED: 5/11/17

NOTES:  Open Container

NAME: Rupert Lee Billie

AGE: 25

BOOKED: 5/6/17

NOTES: Agg. DWI; Cons./Poss. Alcohol in Vehicle

NAME: Adrianne Yazzie

AGE: 35

BOOKED: 2/10/17

NOTES: Agg. DWI

NAME: Gabriel King

AGE: 22

BOOKED: 2/10/17

NAME: Kyle R. Clah

AGE: 30

BOOKED: 2/10/17

NAME: Richelle L. Shorty

AGE: 28

BOOKED: 2/9/17

NOTES: Agg. DWI/ Open Container

ALBUQUERQUE – Lelander Mays, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Red Mesa, Utah, pled guilty in federal court in Albuquerque to an involuntary manslaughter charge June 7.

Mays was arrested in Dec. 2016, on a criminal complaint charging him with involuntary manslaughter. According to the complaint, Mays killed a man when Mays crashed his vehicle on Dec. 6, on the Navajo Indian Reservation in San Juan County. At the time of the crash, Mays was driving under the influence of alcohol and the victim, who was a passenger in Mays’ vehicle, was thrown from the vehicle.

Mays was subsequently indicted on Dec. 20, and charged with involuntary manslaughter.

During...

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