ALBUQUERQUE – A Pinehill man pled guilty in federal court to two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of assault, and one count of using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, admitting to a violent outburst that left two family members dead and another seriously injured.

According to court documents, on the morning of Dec. 22, 2023, Ellery Brent Yazzie, 37, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, woke up at his family home located within the exterior boundaries of the Navajo Nation in Pinehill. He went downstairs to the kitchen with a holstered firearm in his waistband.

In the kitchen, Yazzie pointed the firearm at his sister and threatened to...

USING A MONSTER

ENERGY DRINK

BOX TO SHOPLIFT

Gallup, Aug. 7

On Aug. 7, around 3:45 pm, Gallup Police Officer Victor Madrid was dispatched to the Walmart at 1650 W. Maloney Ave. around 3:45 pm after a man was allegedly caught shoplifting.

When Madrid arrived at the scene he met with a store employee, who said he saw a man who was later identified as Kyle Marler place some items into an empty Monster energy drink box. Marler, 22, then reportedly went over to a self-checkout lane ans scanned the box, but not the items inside it.

Store employees stopped Marler from exiting the store. They reportedly found a massager and an air duster can. In total, the items cost almost...

Gallup Police are trying to locate two men so that they can ask them some questions related to the July 26 Rio West Mall shooting.

About, at 5:45 pm, Gallup Police officers were dispatched to Rio West Mall located at 1300 West Maloney Ave. in reference to a shooting. There was one victim that sustained a gunshot wound.

At the time of the incident, eyewitnesses said a white car drove away from the scene of the shooting. That car has now been identified as a white Chrysler 200 with Arizona license plate V3A413. The vehicle has damages to the front driver door. The vehicle is possibly owned by a man named Melric Nelson.

The GPD is seeking information on the whereabouts of Nelson and...

Semi-truck driver caught with over 500 pounds of illegal substances

Atruck driver is facing drug trafficking charges after he was caught with a truckload of marijuana, cocaine, fentanyl, edible THC products, and psychedelic mushrooms.

On Jan. 12, 2022, New Mexico State Police Officer Chaz Troncoso was dispatched to the Gallup Port of Entry after public safety officers stopped two men in a semi-truck.

When Troncoso arrived at the scene he met with a transportation inspector, who told him he’d had the two men who were in the truck get out after he suspected they were transporting potentially illegal items. The co-driver of the semi-truck was identified as Terrence Hicks by his Texas...