The McKinley County Sheriff’s Office reported a single vehicle roll-over on Sept. 15.  The fatal collision occurred on I-40 around mile marker 38.  The occupants. Tanya Antonio, 42 of Sundance, N.M. and Danetra Housten, 25 of Gamerco, N.M. were both killed in the crash.  Alcohol may have been a factor.

Eastbound I-40 was closed for about three hours beginning around 3:45 pm.  Westbound I-40 was also closed for a short period of time due to a subsequent collision a half mile west of the first crash.

GRANDDAD EXCUSE

Gallup, Sept. 6

McKinley County Sheriff deputies began looking for a blue Dodge Ram in the early hours of Sept. 6 after they received a report that it had been stolen.

Deputies were also told of a suspect - Anthony Joe, 20, of Gallup.

Later that day, Deputy Johnson Lee was traveling on County Road 5 when he spotted the vehicle. He put on his emergency lights and stopped the vehicle near the intersection of County Road 5 and Highway 118.

He identified the driver as Anthony Joe and said he advised Joe that the vehicle had been reported stolen. Joe said the vehicle belonged to his grandfather.

Lee said attempts were made to get in contact with the registered...

McKinley County deputies took a Thoreau man into custody on Sept. 5 after it was reported that he had stolen a work vehicle.

The man, Josiah Pablo, 20, was later turned over to Navajo police because the alleged theft occurred on tribal land.

The vehicle, a white Ford, was reported stolen by Gary Ford, who works at the Northwest New Mexico Regional Solid Waste Authority.

Ford said he had driven up to the gates of the authority at the end of his work day and saw a man lying on the ground near the gate. He approached the man, who appeared to be highly intoxicated.

The man said he was going to see his grandfather. Ford told him he was in no condition to drive. The man got up, said Ford...

A Fort Defiance woman is facing multiple charges after being found intoxicated as she was trying to get her car repaired.

Naomi Begay, 32, was charged with abandonment or abuse of a child, Aggravated DWI, resisting arrest and possession of an open liquor container in her vehicle.

Gallup police became aware of Begay about 2 pm on Aug. 23 when she stopped at Auto Glass on West Maloney Avenue to get her flat tire fixed. Clerks there told her they didn’t fix tires and referred her to Shaffer Tire nearby.

When she left, personnel at the store called police to report her being intoxicated and having a two year old child in her car.

Gallup Patrolman Jerald Watchman said when he found her...