TUBA CITY, Ariz. – The FBI and the Navajo Nation are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying several people who may have information regarding the armed robbery of a Chevron gas station in Tuba City, Arizona May 2.

The individuals captured in surveillance photos were seen in the vicinity of the Chevron during the robbery. Authorities are calling these individuals persons of interest because they may have information regarding the incident.

If you have any information regarding this robbery or any of the pictured individuals, please contact the FBI’s Phoenix Field Office, Flagstaff Resident Agency, at (928) 774-0631 or the Navajo Department of Public Safety at (928)...

By Bernie Dotson

Sun Correspondent

A routine traffic stop on May 3 yielded the arrest of one Gallup man on drug charges and with another given a written citation for drug evidence, officials said at a Friday afternoon news conference.

Wade Rodriguez, 23, and Aaron Gonzales, 26, were pulled over by McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Johnson Lee near Historic Highway 66 and not far from Aztec Avenue on the east side of town. Rodriguez was subsequently charged with trafficking a controlled substance and also charged with the possession, delivery or manufacturing of drug paraphernalia, according to Lee’s report on the matter.

Gonzales was not charged in the incident, but was...

John Montoya and Monica Jody Martinez are in custody thanks to a watchful Gallup Motel 6 clerk. The clerk recognized the couple and vehicle based off an Amber Alert that was issued at 1 am and called police.

GPD Lt. Rosanne Morrissette said the two girls, ages 11 months and 3, were already in Utah state custody when the couple learned that the children were visiting a relative's home. It's not clear why the children were taken from the biological parents in the first place, but both of the parents have an alleged history of drug use and violence.

Gallup Police Department officers and McKinley County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the call at 4:06 am, and the couple was taken...

Gallup holds vigil in Ashlynne Mike’s memory

A Waterflow, N.M., man was arrested May 3 in connection with the abduction and death of 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike.

Tom Begaye, 27, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge B. Paul Briones in Farmington on Wednesday. According to the U.S. District Court criminal complaint, Begaye faces the following charges: crime on an Indian reservation, murder, and kidnapping charges.

Ashlynne’s body was found the morning of May 3, approximately 6 miles south of the Shiprock monument. She had been abducted in the Fruitland area Monday afternoon.

The FBI is investigating this case with the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety, New Mexico State...