Adultery murder plot linked to kidnapping case
Police say adultery and a murder-for-hire scheme were part of the Rashid kidnapping in New Mexico. Four men, including Hurtado and Davila, face charges in Albuquerque for kidnapping, assault, robbery and extortion, with more arrests expected.
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Albuquerque
Gallup
Hamad
Jim” Rashid
Rashid
Gilberto
Lupercio Hurtado
Mireya Davila
Hurtado
Davila
FBI
Doug
Beldon
Efrain Reyes
Miguel Israel
Jesus Ernesto Serrano-Cerda
Colorado
U.S. District Court
Reyes
Santa Fe
Ex Navajo captain indicted for wire fraud in grant case
A federal grand jury charged Billy Fred Hillgartner a Shiprock native former San Juan County sheriff commissioner and Navajo Nation police captain with three counts of wire fraud over a 150000 COPS grant to the Navajo Nation police and Navajo, New Mexico He allegedly created Pathways Community Assistance Service and directed funds via a Farmington account while claiming authority and benefiting personally The Navajo Nation and police say the grant never funded operations and the program was suspended.
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AZTEC
N.M
San Juan
Billy Fred Hillgartner
Shiprock
U.S. Department of Justice
Navajo Nation Department of Law Enforcement
Navajo
Navajo Nation Police
Hillgartner
Department of Justice
Pathways Community Assistance Service
COPS
Pathways
Fullgartner
Navajo Nation
Window Rock
Atiz
Farmington Bank
Navajo Police Department
Butler
Navajo Nation Council vote on seven size options
Navajo voters are asked to choose from seven council size options ranging from 24 to 110 delegates. The two top choices in the primary would advance to August’s general election. The plan seeks to address concerns that the current 88-member council is too large and unwieldy.
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Jim Maniaci
Window Rock
Navajo Nation Council
Navajo Board of Election Supervisors
Council
Edison Wauneka
Elections Board
Wauneka
King Day events planned in Gallup
Martin Luther King Day activities are planned by the Gallup NAACP and the City Parks and Recreation. The schedule includes a blessing and peace march at 10 a.m. from the Cultural Center to the Recreation Center, colors at 11:15, invocation and pledge at 11:20, speaker introduction at 1:30, and awards at noon. A reception, music, and entertainment follow with sponsors including the National Indian Youth Leadership Project and Native AmeriCorps.
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Aff
Gallup
Gallup Naacp
City of
National Indian Youth Leadership
NAACP
Dennis Randles
National Indian Youth Leadership Project
al Chini Ba Project
Native AmeriCorps
Navajo Museum seeks endowment fund to raise money
Geoffrey Brown, director of the Navajo Nation Museum, argues that current budget rules hinder fundraising. He proposes a special purpose account to funnel outside income as endowments and donations for exhibits, estimated to cost about 2 million dollars. Navajo Nation officials caution over self sufficiency and independence risks.
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Geoffrey Brown
Brown
Martin Ashley
Navajo Nation
Ashley
Navajo Nation General Fund
Navajo Nation Museum
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Jason Valdez
Logano Avenue
Jason
Valdez
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