Tag: Navajo Nation Police
James Johnson, Aggravated Assault, New Mexico 2022
⏱ 2 min read A brutal attack on a dating partner in Shiprock, New Mexico, left the victim fighting for their life. On November 18, 2025, 35-year-old Darrell Joe Ben Jr., an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, allegedly assaulted his partner while intoxicated. Responding officers detained Ben at the scene, but the victim’s injuries…
Tony Tsosie, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, New Mexico 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 57-year-old Shiprock man is headed to prison after stabbing a woman in the parking lot of a local business. Tony Tsosie, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, allegedly attacked Jane Doe on August 31, 2025, in the parking lot of Bashas’ Diné Market. A witness described Tsosie stabbing the…
Brian Begay, Sexual Abuse of a Minor, New Mexico 2019
⏱ 2 min read A 30-year-old Shiprock man is facing life in prison after pleading guilty to a four-year pattern of sexual abuse against a minor. Brian Begay, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, preyed on the girl between 2015 and 2019, starting when she was just 12 and ending when she turned 16.…
Wyatt Op Maloney, Voluntary Manslaughter, Arizona 2023
⏱ 2 min read A brutal beating in the middle of the day in Tuba City, Arizona, ended in a young man’s death, and now the killer’s getting 12 years behind bars. Wyatt Op Maloney, 24, of Tuba City, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the July 14, 2023, assault on an enrolled Navajo Nation…
