Police Blotter

On Monday, the New Mexico State Police was notified that three prisoners had stolen a McKinley County Sheriff’s transport van around the Route 66 Casino on Interstate 40.

The FBI Phoenix Field Office and Navajo Department of Criminal Investigations continue to seek information about the disappearance and death of Jamie Lynette Yazzie.

Panama City Beach police have charged two suspects in the murder of a Navajo Nation man initially thought to have died of natural causes while vacationing in the area.

On Feb. 14 at approximately 8 p.m., while conducting a security and welfare check, detention officers discovered an inmate hanging by a bed sheet which was tied around his neck and tied to the assist handle near the toilet area in the cell.

On Feb. 3, deputies patrolled the Kayenta area and made a traffic stop on Highway 160 at milepost 283, near Kayenta, according to the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office.