Copycat bracelet lands trader in court
A Gallup jury found Amro Al Assi guilty of fraud over 250 dollars for selling a knockoff Jesse Monongue bracelet as original to a Massachusetts woman in August 2004. The district attorney said a no jail time agreement was signed. Al Assi faces probation and restitution with a felony on his record.
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Gallup
Amro Al-Assi
Woody
Silver Bear Trading Co
Massachusetts
al- Assi
McKinley County
Karl Gillson
Robert Aragon
Al-Assi
Gillson
Utah
Arizona
Gallup's dirty little secret in Indian crafts fraud case
Gallup trial of Amro Al-Assi, former owner of Silver Bear Trading Co., centers on charges of fraud over a bracelet sold as made by a famed artisan. The case spotlights claims that Gallup, once called the Indian Capitol, has become a hub for fake native crafts.
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Gallup
Amro Al-Assi
Silver Bear Trading Co
Police Find 36 Marijuana Plants in New Mexico Counties
Law enforcement units from McKinley and Cibola Counties plus Navajo and Zuni police seized 36 marijuana plants over a two day operation. Four people face pending criminal charges. The program targets cultivation and shows progress as tips helped locate funds and drugs. Officers praised public compliance and ongoing eradication efforts.
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Gallup
George Justice
Middle Rio Grande Valley
Justice
McKinley
Cibola County
Navajo spending falls behind in FY2007 budget
Budget committee member Lorenzo Curley notes tribal programs under spend their current funding as three quarters of FY2007 pass. He questions how branches can seek more money when 75 percent of budgets should be spent but are not. Details appear on page 2.
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Rock
Lorenzo Curley
Curley
Walking the Healing Path ends long walk with resolve after hostage incident
In Leupp Arizona during a 35 day 600 mile segment of Walking the Healing Path organizers recount a hostage crisis as a former officer held his family. The event underscores their mission to combat domestic violence and unite communities. Participants include Louella Yazzie Ernest Tsosie John Tsosie and Gerald Milford with Annastasia Anderson of Minnesota joining the final stretch.
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Lack
Leupp
Arizona
John Tsosie
Louella Yazzie
Ernest Tsosie
Gerald Milford
U.S. 491
Gallup
Ernest Tsosic
U.S. 497
Tsosie
Eaa
Annastasia Anderson
Minnesota
Anderson
Navajo man walks for healing after domestic violence
John Tsosie, who struck his fiancée after a New Year’s argument, began a healing walk in 2004. The annual Walking the Healing Path spans several hundred miles across the Four Corners to reduce Navajo domestic violence. This year’s trek ends after five weeks of foot travel, drawing attention from officials and Miss Navajos.
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Navajo Nation
Department of Public Safety
John Toosie
Tsosie
Four Corners
Repeat DWI offender nabbed after drunken driving call
A repeat DUI suspect, 35-year-old David Willie of Pinedale, was stopped after a tip to the Drunkbuster line. Gallup police pursued along I-40 at speeds over 100 mph before he fled to mile marker 6, where officers arrested him on felony drunken driving and aggravated fleeing charges with blood tests to follow.
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Gallup
Jine
David Willie
Pinedale
Lauren Milligan
New Mexico
Darren Soland
New Mexico State Police
Willie
Seland
McKinley County
Soland
Leland
McKinley County Sheriff's Deputies
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Brian Leddys
Tsosic
Speedy
Zsombor Peter
Taniel Zollinger
Indey
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