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Latham R Saunders

March 6, 8:01 pm

Aggravated DWI (Third)

McKinley County Sheriff’s Office pulled over a Thoreau man for not dimming his headlights and soon arrested Latham Saunders, 29, and charged him with his third DWI.

Deputy Brandi Garnenez was patrolling near Highway 371 in Thoreau when she observed a vehicle that was driving without dimming its headlights for oncoming traffic. She pulled the vehicle over near the intersection of Highway 371 and Rose Street and conducted a traffic stop.

She met the driver, Saunders, and learned his license was revoked. During her questioning, Garnanez reportedly saw Saunders show signs of intoxication including...

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Chair of the Law and Order Committee Delegate Eugenia Charles-Newton, provided testimony to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on March 20, urging for equitable compensation and benefits for Public Law 93-638 employees, guaranteed funding allocations for the replacement of Bureau of Indian Affairs facilities, and the strengthening of collaborative efforts with federal public safety counterparts.

During a hybrid listening session convened by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, the focus was cast on the critical needs concerning public safety and justice resources within native communities.

Highlighting the urgency of the situation, Charles-Newton shared...

A man is facing charges of criminal sexual contact in the fourth degree after he allegedly tried to rape a young girl.

Multiple Gallup Police Officers were dispatched to Hillcrest Trailer Park after someone called Metro Dispatch to report a burglary around 10 pm on March 13.

According to her report, when Officer Iris Pinero arrived at the scene she noticed a broken window near the front of the trailer. A voice called to Pinero from the front door, which was slightly ajar. A woman walked out of the front door and identified herself as the victim’s sister. She said that “one of her homies” owned the trailer. The person was later identified as Jayson Russell.

The woman said that...

A man has died after being struck by a train in the area of Third Street and U.S. Highway 66 March 14.

Metro Dispatch received the call around 1:45 pm.

When Gallup Police officers arrived at the scene they met with multiple witnesses who said that the man had tried to climb over one of the train’s couplings, which is what holds the train’s cars together, while the train was stopped.

But when the train began to move again, the man was caught underneath the locomotive.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

In an interview with the Sun Gallup Police Chief Erin Toadlena-Pablo said that the man had no identification on him at the time of the incident. An autopsy will need to be...