A New Mexico girl pleaded responsible in federal court docket for an armed theft of a Gallup insurance coverage company.
Amber Yazzie, 29, of Gamerco, pleaded responsible to theft and federal firearms fees for her function within the armed theft of C & R Insurance coverage on Dec. 4, 2021.
The prison criticism states she entered the agency with two of her co-defendants, whereas a fourth co-defendant waited outdoors in a car. Yazzie reportedly brandished a firearm, yelled on the staff to show over cash, and threatened them earlier than firing the gun into the ceiling.
One witness contained in the enterprise getting a quote for insurance coverage states she heard a pop, then noticed two males and feminine stroll in, and the feminine yelled to see everybody’s palms and to get on the bottom.
One other witness, a C & R worker, mentioned one of many male accomplices walked over to her and pointed a handgun at her, requested for cash and pointed to the drawer on her proper facet. The witness later heard one of many accomplices yell, “If the cops are referred to as, we’ll come again.”
Following the theft, Yazzie and her accomplices traveled to Albuquerque, the place they used a number of the stolen funds for a buying spree at a neighborhood mall, based on surveillance footage and receipts recovered by regulation enforcement.
A silver in coloration bullet casing was recovered on the enterprise by the Gallup Police Division. The Speer, nickel plated .40 Smith & Wesson casing appeared an identical to casings recovered by the division the day earlier than the theft at a murder scene in Gallup. Yazzie has been charged by the division with that murder.
C & R Insurance coverage is a family-owned enterprise with 4 areas in New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. C & R Insurance coverage primarily sells insurance coverage from Safeway Insurance coverage, Dairyland Insurance coverage and Gainsco Insurance coverage, based on the prison criticism.
The enterprise proprietor estimates 85% of his prospects pay in money and that these concerned within the theft “appeared to know precisely the place to go to get the money,” the criticism states. They reportedly stole greater than $4,000 from the money registers. The enterprise proprietor’s information present Yazzie’s mom has been a buyer.
Yazzie faces not lower than 10 years and as much as life in jail.
The Gallup Resident Company of the FBI Albuquerque Area Workplace investigated the case with help from the Navajo Nation Division of Public Security, the Navajo Nation Police Division, the Gallup Police Division and the McKinley County Sheriff’s Workplace. Assistant U.S. Lawyer Nicholas J. Marshall is prosecuting the case.
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