Burning Brush: John Nelson burns brush in an irrigation ditch in Shiprock Friday. Nelson's friend Jim Simpson said the superintendent was suppost to turn water to the ditches on today, but it had not happened by noon. (Photo by John A. Bowersmith/Independent)

Miss Newcomb Middle School Jodonna Lapahie,right picks hair out of her lollypop while Jovanna Dakia plays with her cell phone outside Tse Bit' Ai Middle School Friday. The two were in Shiprock for the reading competition. (Photo by John A. Bowersmith/Independent)

During a press conference Friday evening, Gallup police chief Sylvester Stanley announes that John Pete Talamante, 24 and from Gallup, was arrested by members of his department in connection with Sunday's incident where Fausto Arellano was tied to the back of a pick-up truck and dragged for more than a mile. Stanley stressed during the announcement that the crime was drug related and not a racially motivated attack as several madia agencies have previously speculated. Lt. Gerald Tholund is one of several officers involved with the on-going investigation and Stanley expects more arrests to be made in the near future. (Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent) Full Story