Truck crashes into mobile home. family survives
Myra Draper and her family awoke at 3:30 a.m. when a 1995 GMC pickup driven by Navajo Nation volunteer Iman Gilbert Ray Honanie lost control and crashed into their rear bedroom. Honanie, 22, faces charges of reckless driving and two counts of endangering the welfare of minors and criminal damage, pleaded not guilty at arraignment and is free pending pretrial. Draper says she is angry and fears for her son's safety in the damaged home.
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Zuni police arrest two robbery suspects in market heist
Zuni officers captured Shawn Leonard and Corwin Yamatewa after a Fast Stop Mini Market robbery. Leonard, 20, and Yamatewa, 18, allege police used excessive force and are considering civil rights lawsuits. They live near the market as the investigation centers on the $116 heist and the ensuing confrontation at Leonard’s family birthday gathering.
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Leonard
Corwin
Yamatewa
Black Rock
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Jan
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KSHI
Damaged high-mast lights threaten Gallup interchanges
At two Gallup highway interchanges the high-mast lighting system fails with four of six clusters on the ground and one still on its 150-foot pole. State engineer John Nitzel says the costly 132000 dollar system was chosen for broad illumination and safety despite repair delays that could cost taxpayers about 250000 dollars. See story continues on page 2.
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Edward O. Plummer
Yah- Tah-Hey
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New Mexico 264
John Nitzel
State Highway Department
Lararge
Notah linked to alleged murder of former boyfriend
A Gallup woman accuses Adrian Notah a 21 year old Navajo man of fatally shooting Virgil Nelson Anderson 36 in January saying the killing was cold blooded and Notah leads a gang while investigators call it justifiable homicide. She says Notah has escaped consequences before and her son once eyed joining gangs as tensions between Dragons and Cobras rise.
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Marsha Roldan
Virgil Nelson Anderson
Anderson
Roldan
Notah
Jason Shigley
Mentmore
Shigley
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Man Found Frozen Under North Gallup Bridge
A passer-by found a man frozen face-down under the north Gallup bridge on Jefferson Boulevard after 1 p.m. Friday. Police hoisted the body from the ditch behind Ed Corley’s Dodge, covered it with a sheet, and sent the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque for an autopsy. Authorities see no foul play but await the autopsy to determine death cause.
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Medical ‘Anvestigator
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Albuqueque
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J Jones
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Avenua
Ninth Street
LaRance withdraws from Huskie case over appointment
Tuba City Arizona deputy county attorney Gary LaRance must withdraw from representing Alice Huskie after a telephonic hearing found his appointment to be outside normal pro bono procedures. Navajo Nation Judicial Conduct Commission cited Arizona law limits on pro bono criminal work and questioned Chief Justice Yazzie’s authority to appoint LaRance. Judge Mac Horseman scheduled further proceedings as the matter advances.
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Coconino County
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Crownpoint
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Robert Yazzie
Huskie
Evelyn Kelly
Navajo Nation Judicial Conduct Commission
Yazzie
Arizona
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Marie Neswood
Horseman
Lee LaRance
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