ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Nov. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2024: A Pueblo Pintado man pleaded guilty in federal court to two charges stemming from a fatal shooting incident that occurred on the Navajo Nation in 2022. According to the plea agreement, on May 16, 2022, Rodgerick Tsosie, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, aimed a firearm at an individual seated in the front passenger seat of a moving vehi  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Nov. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: An Arizona man pleaded guilty in federal court to second degree murder for his role in the brutal killing of a man on the Navajo Nation in 2020. According to court documents, between February 6, 2020, and February 14, 2020, Tyran Begay, 40, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, participated in the killing of John Doe within the exterior boundaries of the Navaj  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Nov. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: A Smith Lake man was sentenced to 11 years and 4 months in federal prison for the 2021 murder of a man in Church Rock, New Mexico. There is no parole in the federal system. According to court documents, on May 17, 2021, Josiah Alan Smith, 30, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, arrived at a residence in Church Rock, New Mexico, armed with a rifle. Smith mad  more