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Church Rock man jailed on aggravated battery charge

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Begay threatened girlfriend

A Church Rock man remained jailed with a $5,200 bond Oct. 20 on aggravated battery on a household member and false imprisonment charges, officials said. The bond amount includes a warrant amount, according to a jail administrator.

Gallup Police Department Officer Anthony Seciwa wrote in a report that he responded to a call at the Ranchito Motel at 1009 W. Coal Ave. at 3:39 am on Oct. 14. Upon arrival, he found Namaan Begay, 22, with a cut on his neck, and his girlfriend, who was holding her neck area in apparent pain. The victim’s right-hand fingers were cut.

Begay told Seciwa that his girlfriend of five years hit him out of the blue with a beer bottle because she was angry.

When the victim returned to the motel room after visiting family, she found a drunk Begay, according to the report. She said Begay threw her against a wall and held a bottle to her neck, before she managed to wrestle the bottle away, which is how Begay sustained his injury, the report states.

The victim was transported to Gallup Indian Medical Center for treatment. There was no attorney listed in jail records related to Begay’s case.

By Bernie Dotson
Sun Correspondent