Tag: Navajo Nation
Bryson Chee, Violent Crime, New Mexico 2025
⏱ 2 min read Bryson Chee, a 43-year-old Shiprock man and enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, has been sentenced for a brazen act of violence. On August 1, 2025, Chee arrived at a residence in Shiprock as a passenger in a vehicle with two others. After exiting the vehicle, Chee retrieved a handgun, pointed…
Thurman Curley, Voluntary Manslaughter, New Mexico 2025
⏱ 2 min read Thurman Curley, a 36-year-old enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, fatally shot another man after a night of heavy drinking and a physical altercation in Pueblo Pintado, New Mexico, on March 17, 2025. The shooting occurred after the two men got into a fight, and Curley pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter…
Matthew David Charley, Assault with a dangerous weapon, New Mexico 2025
⏱ 2 min read A brutal and unprovoked stabbing occurred in Shiprock, New Mexico, on April 19, 2025, when Matthew David Charley, a 30-year-old enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, attacked a man without warning. The victim, who had no prior interaction with Charley, was stabbed three times in the back near a roadside area.…
Jeremy Blueeyes, Abusive Sexual Contact of a Minor, New Mexico 2019
⏱ 2 min read A Phoenix man has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for sexually abusing a minor in New Mexico. Jeremy Blueeyes, 26, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, engaged in sexual contact with a child under the age of 12 in 2019. Blueeyes subsequently pled guilty to abusive sexual…
Cisco Whitehorse, Unlawful Firearm Possession, Arizona 2024
⏱ 2 min read Cisco Whitehorse, a 43-year-old Torreon man and enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing firearms after a series of shooting incidents on the Navajo Nation between July 2024 and September 2025. Whitehorse used one of the firearms in a shooting and was involved in at least four…
Jason K. Thompson, Assault by Strangulation and Assault with a Deadly Weapon, New Mexico 2025
⏱ 3 min read Jason K. Thompson, 40, nearly killed a woman and then turned on the cops who tried to stop him in Crownpoint, New Mexico, on March 18, 2025. The feds say Thompson choked the unidentified woman during a domestic dispute, and when Navajo Nation Police arrived, he fought back – hard. Court…
