Police Blotter: Thoreau man ejected from vehicle in rollover
Thoreau man ejected from vehicle in rollover
GALLUP – On Nov. 11, at approximately 6:23 a.m., New Mexico State Police, from the Gallup District, responded to a single vehicle rollover on Interstate 40, milepost 63, near Gallup.
The male driver was ejected and succumbed to his injuries on scene. He has been identified as Tyran Brown, 20, of Thoreau, N.M., according to a news release from the New Mexico Department of Public Safety.
Preliminarily, it appears the vehicle was traveling eastbound on I40 when the vehicle drove off the roadway onto the center median. This caused the vehicle to go into a side skid, ultimately rolling over.
Alcohol does not appear to be a contributing factor. Brown was not using his seatbelt.
This investigation remains ongoing.
Shiprock resident gets 8 years for sexual abuse
ALBUQUERQUE — Gilbert Yazzie, 45, who resides in Shiprock, was sentenced Nov. 7 to eight years in federal prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for his aggravated child sexual abuse conviction.
Yazzie was arrested in June 2013, on a criminal complaint alleging that he engaged in a sexual act with a Navajo child under the age of 12 years. According to court filings, Yazzie sexually abused the child victim on June 15, 2013, in a residence in Shiprock.
On June 19, 2014, Yazzie pled guilty to a felony information charging him with sexually abusing a child and admitted that on June 15, 2013, he engaged in a sexual act with the child victim.
Yazzie will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
Man pleads guilty to federal assault charge
ALBUQUERQUE — Harold Anthony Nez, 36, who resides in Navajo, N.M., pleaded guilty Nov. 10 in federal district court to a federal assault charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Nez will be sentenced to 15 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
Nez was arrested Feb. 20, 2014, on a criminal complaint alleging that he assaulted his intimate partner, a Navajo woman, on Jan. 16, 2014, by driving into her with a vehicle and pinning her left leg against a fence. The assault occurred in Navajo in McKinley County, N.M. Nez subsequently was indicted and charged with assault with a dangerous vehicle and assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
Nez pled guilty to an assault resulting in serious bodily injury charge. In his plea agreement, Nez admitted assaulting his intimate partner by hitting her with a vehicle. Nez admitted that as a result of the assault, the victim suffered extreme physical pain and severe bruising to the leg that required medical attention.
Nez has been in federal custody since his arrest. He remains detained pending sentencing, which has yet to be scheduled.
Highway 264,
I-40, WB @ Winslow