Debra Mayeux

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Assault and ‘medical neglect’ cited in case A Sheep Springs couple were arrested April 11 and jailed in the San Juan County Detention Center on federal child abuse charges. Raeshawn Doctor, 24, and Harley Nelson, 45, are accused of “knowingly and recklessly endangering” the life of a female child under age 18. This reportedly was done through “medical neglect,” according to court records. Doctor also was accused of assaulting the child “causing serious bodily injury,” the records state.

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Co-defendants still face trial A Farmington man received a 30-year federal prison sentenced for his role in a 2020 killing on the Navajo Nation in 2020. Tyran Begay, 40, was convicted of the binding and beating of a man, whose body was left “exposed to frigid weather in a remote area near Smith Lake,” according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

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Police say: Sergio Salas pulled gun on diner An employee of Rodolfo’s Taco Shop was arrested after reportedly pulling a gun on a restaurant patron. Sergio Salas, 22, of Farmington, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a fourth-degree felony, and misdemeanor battery. The charges are in connection to an incident at Rodolfo’s Taco Shop in the San Juan Plaza on East 20th Street in Farmington.

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Platero faces up to life in prison A Nageezi man entered a plea agreement April 14 in federal court admitting to federal sexual abuse charges. Patrick Wayne Platero, 47, stated in court that between Jan. 1, 2024 and April 30, 2024 he “unlawfully and knowingly engaged in a sexual act” that was nonconsensual with a female on the Navajo Nation.

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Bitsilly admits to child sex crimes on reservation. A Shiprock man was sentenced April 14, to more than six years in federal prison on child sex crime charges. Roderick Bitsilly, 61, admitted to sexually abusing two girls under the age of 12 in separate incidents that began in February 2014 and ended in September 2020, according to court documents. The crimes were committed on the Navajo Reservation. Bitsilly entered a plea agreement admitting to the crimes.