Farmington Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking, Firearms Charges

Tasheena Hoskie, 44, a Farmington resident and enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty in federal court on March 23, 2026, to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and to using, carrying, and possessing a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking offense. The plea caps a federal case built over more than a year through surveillance, confidential informant purchases, and a dramatic cross-border vehicle pursuit that ended with Hoskie's arrest on a highway between Arizona and New Mexico.

The investigation began taking shape on June 17, 2024, when the FBI and the Region II Task Force conducted multiple controlled drug buys from and surveillance operations on Hoskie and her activities. A confidential informant reportedly purchased methamphetamine and fentanyl pills from Hoskie on that date, according to the affidavit for an arrest warrant cited in court documents.

The case broke open on July 12, 2024. Investigators attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Hoskie's vehicle as it traveled from Arizona to New Mexico. Hoskie initially stopped but then fled at high speed, throwing packages from the vehicle. After her vehicle was disabled, Hoskie was taken into custody. Investigators recovered approximately 548 grams of suspected methamphetamine that had been thrown from the vehicle. Inside the car, authorities found over 4,000 suspected counterfeit oxycodone pills, as well as a cell phone that had both been submerged into water in a cooler. Two firearms were also located in the vehicle, including a stolen rifle, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office news release cited in court documents.

The seizures did not end at the roadside. The investigation involved the FBI's Albuquerque Field Office, the Region II Narcotics Task Force, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the San Juan County Sheriff's Office, and the Farmington Police Department, and those agencies jointly searched Hoskie's home in the 500 block of West Pinon Street in Farmington. A search of Hoskie's Farmington residence allegedly found more suspected methamphetamine, about 6,000 unidentified pills, and 10 firearms.

Hoskie had a prior felony conviction for drug trafficking in Arizona in 2011. If convicted of the current charges, Hoskie faces up to lifetime imprisonment. Assistant United States Attorney Robert James Booth II is prosecuting the case. A sentencing date had not been publicly announced as of this reporting.