Tag: Navajo Nation Police Department
Billy Begay, Aggravated Assault, Arizona 2022
⏱ 2 min read A brutal shooting in Little Water, New Mexico, left one man fighting for life and another man facing up to 10 years in prison. Anthony Sandoval, a 41-year-old enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, got into a drunken altercation with a friend on July 29, 2024. The dispute turned deadly when…
Avedale Johnson, Child Endangerment, New Mexico 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 41-year-old Arizona woman nearly killed her three young kids when she crashed her car while drunk on a New Mexico highway. Avedale Johnson, a Navajo Nation member, was doing 98 miles per hour on US Highway 491 when she lost control and set off a fire. The kids, unrestrained in…
Morgan Lake, Assault on a Police Officer, California 2023
⏱ 3 min read A 42-year-old Morgan Lake man is facing up to 10 years in prison after tackling a Navajo Nation Police officer with his car during a drunk driving stop. Kendall Benally, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, refused to obey commands and attempted to flee in his vehicle on September 28,…
Myles Cordelle Dan Padilla, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, New Mexico 2022
⏱ 2 min read A brazen armed carjacking shook Farmington, New Mexico, when 34-year-old Myles Cordelle Dan Padilla took a motor vehicle from John Doe by force with a firearm on April 10, 2022. Padilla’s actions were a brazen disregard for the law, especially for a man with a history of violence. As a previously…
