Shiprock Man Pleads Guilty to Assault for Stabbing

ALBUQUERQUE - A Shiprock man pleaded guilty to stabbing a woman in the parking lot of a local business.

According to court documents, on August 31, 2025, Tony Tsosie, 57, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, stabbed Jane Doe in the face and thigh with a sharp object in the parking lot of Bashas' Diné Market in Shiprock, New Mexico. Tsosie was later detained by Navajo Police Department. Tsosie denied involvement, provided a false identity, and claimed not to be carrying a knife, though a witness described him stabbing the victim multiple times after a verbal altercation.

The victim suffered serious bodily injury as a result of the assault.

Tsosie pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury and faces a stipulated sentence of 24 months imprisonment at sentencing.

First Assistant 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 of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Navajo Nation Police Department and Navajo Department of Criminal Investigations. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico is prosecuting the case.