Montezuma Creek News

A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment late Wednesday afternoon charging three individuals with aggravated sexual abuse and aggravated assault in connection with a December 2, 2009, incident on the Navajo Nation Reservation.

Three people indicted for both aggravated sexual abuse and aggravated assault made their initial appearance in federal court Thursday.

Denton Ben of the Descendants of K'aayelii, an organization that maintains residents of the Aneth Extension should get a bigger piece of the trust fund pie, said he was transported to the Shiprock jail by Navajo Nation police after he tried to defend his cousin and uncle, who were escorted out of the meeting for being argumentative.

David Blackhouse who lives in Montezuma Creek on the Navajo Reservation about 25 miles south of Blanding said that the federal antiquity law should be enforced on a more regular basis.