On Monday, March 23, at around 5 a.m., the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office and the Show Low Police Department responded to a 911 caller who advised he had just killed someone. The call originated off of Joe Tank Road, a popular area for dispersed camping on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Fore… Read more
SNOWFLAKE — Snowflake-Taylor Police responded to two separate stabbing incidents on March 20 and March 22 according to a press release. Read more
APACHE COUNTY — Two Ohio men were found dead on Saturday on a remote road on the Navajo Nation north of Fort Defiance. Read more
SHOW LOW —Scammers are leveraging the COVID-19 pandemic to steal your money, your personal information or both. Protect yourself and do your r… Read more
CLAY SPRINGS — The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an alleged case of sexual conduct with a minor. Read more
PHOENIX — Gov. Ducey today issued an executive order delaying the enforcement of eviction action orders for renters impacted by COVID-19. The… Read more
SHOW LOW — Police responded to the Boot Barn around 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, at the Park Pineway Plaza reporting a shoplifter. Read more
SHOW LOW — Police responded to a domestic violence call at The Pines located in the 2700 south block of White Mountain Road on a report of a m… Read more
SHOW LOW — Police arrested a local man twice in less that four hours after first finding him passed out on the side of US 60. Lawrence A. Vale… Read more
HEBER/OVERGAARD—Since October 2019, former Mogollon High School science teacher Melinda Porter, 36, of Heber/Overgaard has faced felony charge… Read more
HOLBROOK & ST JOHNS — There have been recent developments in some of the criminal cases the the Independent has been following. In the int… Read more
The Sheriff’s Auxiliary Volunteers of Navajo County is currently taking applications for new volunteer recruits through April 15 for an Academ… Read more
SHOW LOW — Police arrested a local man March 7, around 2:30 p.m. who allegedly assaulted his live-in girlfriend, but also fought with police w… Read more
SHOW LOW — Police busted a contracted certified nurse anesthetist at Sunrise Ambulatory Surgery Center who was allegedly stealing narcotic dru… Read more
HOLBROOK — Sky Buddy Martel, 21, of Pinetop, was arrested Tuesday, March 10, on multiple counts of internet crimes against a child. After a fo… Read more
HOLBROOK — Convicted embezzler Margaret “Peggy” Rogers, 68, was sentenced to five years and four months in prison on Wednesday for conspiracy … Read more
NAVAJO COUNTY — Two men who are currently incarcerated have been indicted in Navajo County for first degree murder in the death of a Farmingto… Read more
ST JOHNS — Since November 2018, defendant Tommy Siqueiro III has been facing numerous child sex crimes, including child prostitution. Last Fri… Read more
NAVAJO COUNTY — A highly volatile situation on I-40 occured in the early morning hours of Feb. 28. It involved a police pursuit of “heavily ar… Read more
PINETOP-LAKESIDE – The latest information from Navajo County Attorney’s office is that the various law enforcement agencies on the Michael Sat… Read more
APACHE & NAVAJO COUNTIES — According to a press release from the Arizona Department of Public Safety, two homicide suspects, identified Mo… Read more
ST. JOHNS — Former daycare worker Marc Wheeler, 34, pleaded guilty Feb. 18 in the Apache County Superior Court and will be sent to prison for … Read more
SHOW LOW — The Show Low City Council unanimously approved a $39,648 annual agreement with Global Traffic Technologies LLC (GTT) for traffic eq… Read more
SHOW LOW — Police responding to a call of a man accidentally shot found more than just that. Read more
CONCHO — Denise Blackwood, who is facing 10 felony counts of animal neglect, was a director of an Arizona domestic non-profit corporation call… Read more
APACHE COUNTY — Tommy Siqueiro III, who was once the executive director of Haven Health nursing home in Show Low, has been charged with four c… Read more
PHOENIX — A House panel took the first step Wednesday to what would be a major reform of the state’s sentencing scheme. Read more
CEDAR HILLS — The community east of Snowflake, known as Cedar Hills, a voting district, is banding together to find answers to the sudden deat… Read more
HONDAH — A young White Mountain Apache Tribal Police officer was killed just before 1 a.m. Monday morning while responding to a roadside incid… Read more
ST JOHNS — Denise Blackwood, who has been charged with 10 felonies alleging animal cruelty, appeared in the Apache County Superior Court last … Read more
HOLBROOK — Margaret “Peggy” Rogers, 68, pleaded guilty on Feb. 4 to four Class 2 felonies in the Navajo County Superior Court for the theft of… Read more
SHOW LOW – Local law enforcement has been dealing with a rash of bogus kidnapping calls to unsuspecting White Mountain residents demanding mon… Read more
SHOW LOW — Two local residents, one from Navajo County and the other from Apache County, were still in jail Monday, Feb. 10 on multiple seriou… Read more
CONCHO – A Concho area resident, Leslie Hildebrand, had not been heard from since January 25. According to postings online on Facebook, she ha… Read more
HOLBROOK — Former Arizona Department of Public Safety Trooper Brian Swanty is now the Chief Deputy for the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office. Read more
In the spring of 2019, the Arizona Legislature passed a new law banning the use of portable wireless communication devices while driving to in… Read more
ST. JOHNS – Few court cases have garnered as much local interest in southern Apache County lately as the October 2019 alleged animal cruelty c… Read more
HOLBROOK — Deputies were dispatched to gunshots being fired into an occupied residence by the victim’s live in girlfriend. The suspect had fle… Read more
NAVAJO COUNTY — Gabriel Matthew Barnes, a 55-year-old man wanted on multiple felony warrants out of the Navajo County Superior Court, is still… Read more
NAVAJO COUNTY — Brian Swanty has been named the new chief deputy for the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office. Read more
SHOW LOW — A local man was arrested Jan. 11 and Jan. 15 for being naked in public and disorderly conduct. Read more
ST. JOHNS — Accused child molester and former daycare worker Marc Wheeler, 34, has been formally charged with two counts of sexual conduct wit… Read more
SHOW LOW — Officer Joe Kohler, a 24 and a half year law enforcement veteran, recently retired from the Show Low Police Department. Read more
APACHE COUNTY — On Jan. 6, 2020, Apache County resident Denise Blackwood, 45, was charged in the St. Johns Justice Court with 10 felonies alle… Read more
HOLBROOK — Ryland Hunter Haynes, 20, pleaded not guilty in the Navajo County Superior Court last month to two counts of unlawfully killing liv… Read more
HOLBROOK — Deputies assisted Snowflake-Taylor PD with a traffic stop on Thursday, Jan. 9, where they recovered half a gram of heroin and two h… Read more
EAGAR — David Louis Slade, 58, of Eagar, was arrested Jan. 2 for alleged sexual assaults committed in 2003 just outside Flagstaff and in 2004 … Read more
ST JOHNS — The Apache County Attorney’s Office has decided to withdraw from the plea deal in the Joshua Richardson murder case. On Jan. 2, lea… Read more
SHOW LOW — Police had to arrest the same man twice in one night for violations related to alleged drunk driving. Read more
SHOW LOW — Police arrested Russell D. Mercer, 23, Thursday, Jan. 2 around 3:30 p.m. for allegedly stealing more than $5,500 in construction to… Read more
HOLBROOK — A search warrant served Jan. 3 led to two arrests in Woodruff. Tabitha Jackson, 35, was arrested for narcotics possession for sale … Read more
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