The New Mexico State Police was conducting an ENDWI Sobriety Checkpoint about 6:30 pm Aug. 16 on U.S. Highway 54 near milepost 239 in Guadalupe County, when a grey 2017 Ford Taurus passenger vehicle driven by Edward Briley, 40, of Pampa, Tex. entered the checkpoint.

Officers learned that Briley, who did not have a driver’s license on him, had a felony armed and dangerous warrant for probation violation in Texas.

Briley was arrested for his outstanding warrant.

Inside his vehicle, officers found 21 pounds of methamphetamine.

Briley was booked into the Guadalupe County Correctional Facility and charged with Trafficking a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute 1st Offense...

Reward being offered to tipster

NASCHITTI, N.M. – Law enforcement is asking for the public’s help in finding the person or persons responsible for a series of fires that damaged several buildings in Naschitti, N.M., on the Navajo Nation, last week

The fires, which occurred Aug. 19 to 21, damaged a church, a convenience store, and three vacant houses. Nobody was injured.

The FBI, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety, and the San Juan County Fire Department are investigating.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible.

Anyone...

SLEEPY TRESPASSER

Gallup, Aug 9

A Gallup man was arrested Aug. 9 after he was seen moving around in a residence that did not belong to him. Melvin Spencer, 56, is now facing breaking and entering charges.

Gallup patrolman Timothy Hughte said he was dispatched to a residence on the 2400 block of State Highway 602 about 2:14 pm. When he got to the scene, he found Spencer walking from the yard and detained him.

He then met Beverly McDargh who was the owner of the residence. She was sitting in her car outside the home. She told Hughte that she had just arrived at the house when she noticed that the curtain on the front window had been removed and realized that there was someone...

Jonathan Francisco

Aug. 11, 2:30 pm

Aggravated DWI (first offense)

Gallup Patrolman Dominic Molina was dispatched to the area of Wise Pies Pizza, 820 U.S. Hwy. 491, in reference to a possible drunk driver. The caller advised a GMC Sierra was weaving in and out of the lane and pulled over near the establishment.

As Molina headed for the destination, the calling party advised the vehicle in question had left the premises and was traveling eastbound on Maloney Avenue. The caller continued to tell Molina what was happening as he followed the vehicle onto the 800 block of East Mesa Avenue.

The caller said the suspect vehicle stopped in the parking lot of an apartment building and the...