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Navajo police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred early on April 24 at a Conoco station in Kayenta.
Jerome Smith, a cashier at the station, told police he was in the store at 2:30 a.m. when a Hispanic man came in wearing a black ski mask. He pulled out a knife and demanded whatever was in the cash register.
The man got away with $600 and fled on foot in a westerly direction, Smith said.
Police said they have no suspects at this time.
Alcohol involved in woman's death
A Kayenta woman was killed shortly after midnight April 23 on U.S. 160 near Dennehotso, Ariz.
The victim was identified as Danielle Etsitty, 23. She was a passenger in a car that trailed off the road at about 12:52 a.m. and then rolled over. She was ejected and died at the scene.
Four other persons in the car were also ejected and were taken to local hospitals for treatment.
They were identified as Gregory Ross Gray, 21, D. Walter Staley, 18, Lee Tasha Tracy, 23, and Taylis Tsinnijinnie, 21, all of Kayenta.
Police said alcohol was a contributing factor in the accident.
Hit-and-run kills Kayenta pedestrian
Navajo police have determined, but not released, the identity of a man who was killed the following day, April 24, in another pedestrian-car accident on U.S. 160, this time in Kayenta.
Police said the victim was walking in the middle of the roadway near milepost 391 about 11 p.m. when he was struck by an eastbound car.
Two cars were actually involved in the incident.
The first driver saw the man and was able to maneuver around him but another car came right behind and struck the man.
Police said the driver of the second vehicle, a white Ford truck, fled the scene before they arrived.
The man who was struck had no identification on him and was initially listed as a John Doe. Police said Wednesday that the victim has been identified but his name has not been made public yet.
Rollover fatal to 1
A Monument Valley, Utah, resident was killed April 23 in a rollover accident on U.S. 163 north of Kayenta.
The victim was identified as Farrah Hulligan, 28, who was ejected and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the vehicle, Rozallez Yazzie, 29, of Monument Valley, was injured in the accident and was transported to Kayenta for treatment.
Greasewood teen arrested
A Greasewood, Ariz., teenager was arrested for assaulting his mother in an incident that occurred April 22.
According to police, Kirien Yazzie, 18, was under the influence of alcohol when he got into an argument with his two brothers at about 7 p.m.
He tried to hit one brother with a chair when his mother, Cynthia Yazzie, 48, got between them and was struck on the forearm with the chair, which was made of plastic with metal legs.
Kirien Yazzie then staggered to the front of the house and he fell to the ground, where he stayed until he was arrested. The mother refused medical treatment.
Torreon youth held in shooting
A 17-year-old Torreon, N.M., youth is being held in connection with a shooting that occurred about 11:45 p.m. on April 19.
Since the suspect is a juvenile, police are withholding the name.
The incident was first reported to tribal police in Crownpoint by Metro Dispatch in Gallup.
Metro Dispatch said that Cisco Whitehorse, 26, of Torreon had been shot and the suspect had fled the scene.
When tribal police arrived on the scene, they found out that Whitehorse and the juvenile had been drinking about a mile from Whitehorse's house when they got into a dispute and battered each other.
Whitehorse went back to his house but the juvenile followed and the fighting continued until the juvenile got a .22 caliber rifle and shot at Whitehorse three times, striking him once in the leg above the right knee.
The fighting continued and the juvenile then, according to police, armed himself with a 5-foot long metal post and struck Whitehorse several times.
Family members finally stopped the fight.
Police said Whitehorse was transported to Albuquerque for treatment. The juvenile was apprehended several hours and charged with aggravated battery, unlawful use of a deadly weapon and a curfew violation.
3 sought in Gallup assault
Gallup police are looking for three men who assaulted a Tohatchi, N.M., man on April 26 in Gallup.
Jamison Henry, 24, told police he was walking on the 500 block of Clark Street when three men came after him. One of the three had a gun while another had a baseball bat.
During the ensuing fight, Henry said the gun went off as he was struggling to get it out of the man's hand and he suffered a bullet wound to the leg. He said the three then fled the scene.
Gallup police said they have no suspects. Henry's wound was not serious and he was treated and released from a Gallup hospital.