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• Farmington woman sentenced for intentional vehicle assault on motorcyclist

  Published: Apr 13, 2026

  Section: Crime

  Tenille Quintawna Peshlakai, 33, has been sentenced to five years of probation following a 2024 incident in which she intentionally caused a motorcyclist to crash. The sentencing f...

• Navajo Nation Man Receives Eight Year Federal Prison Sentence For Armed Home Invasion And Assault

  Published: Mar 31, 2026

  Section: Crime

  James Smiley Jr. was sentenced in federal court on Monday to 102 months in prison for a violent 2025 incident involving the brandishing and discharge of a firearm. The 56 year old...

• Navajo Nation Resident Cisco Whitehorse Pleads Guilty Following Federal Investigation Into Series of Violent Shooting Incidents

  Published: Mar 24, 2026

  Section: Crime

  Cisco Whitehorse, 43, has admitted to federal firearms charges after a year long string of shootings on the Navajo Nation that left at least one victim wounded. The Torreon man, a...

• Arizona Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Assault After Drunk Driving Crash Injures Two

  Published: Mar 12, 2026

  Section: Crime

  Shaina Shorty, a 36 year old resident of Arizona and enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, has pleaded guilty to federal assault charges stemming from a 2023 intoxicated driving in...