Shiprock Man Pleads Guilty to Stabbing Two Men

ALBUQUERQUE – A Shiprock man admitted in court to stabbing two men after a day of heavy drinking on the Navajo Nation in 2022.

According to court documents, on Sunday, October 9, 2022, Harley Etcitty, 21, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, stabbed two people following a day of heavy drinking. Etcitty stabbed one victim in his back and chest; he stabbed the other victim (who was asleep at the time) in his head.

Etcitty pleaded guilty to two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. At sentencing, Etcitty faces up to 20 years in prison. Upon his release from prison, Etcitty will be subject to three years of supervised release.

Acting U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison and Justin A. Garris, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, made the announcement today.

The Farmington Resident Agency pf the FBI’s Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Navajo Police Department and Navajo Department of Criminal Investigations. Assistant U.S. Attorney Zachary C. Jones is prosecuting this case.

This press release was posted November 13, after the end of the federal government shutdown.