SAMARITAN GETS MUGGED
Ramah, Oct. 24

A man headed to his grandmother’s house in Ramah to feed her dogs, was flagged down by three men standing around a vehicle. It was around 9 pm and he slowed to see what they wanted. One of them brandished a gun after the man stopped.

They took his keys, wallet and phone, hit him on the head and left him unconscious.  When he awoke his vehicle was gone and so were the suspects.

He walked to his grandmother’s house and then returned to Gallup. He called Metro Dispatch to report the incident. He met McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Cecil Sanders.

His vehicle, a Chevy pickup truck, was found and towed into Gallup. No further information is...

Tanya Peters
Oct. 31, 9:32 am
DWI

Metro Dispatch was informed of a possible reckless driver that had crashed into a fence and was dragging it southbound on Highway 602 near Ellis Tanner Trading Company.

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Timo Molina traveled to the scene and found a vehicle matching the description near Continental Divide Electric, 25 mm Hwy. 602. He pulled up to the vehicle and met the driver, Tanya Peters, 40, of Gallup. Molina noted the vehicle smelled of alcohol and Peters had bloodshot eyes and slurred her speech. There were several open cans of Budweiser in the vehicle.

Peters exited the vehicle at his command and said she consumed two 12-oz. bottles of...

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Franklin Begaye was approaching a residence on Chino Loop when he was flagged down by a person who stated his friend had been stabbed.

Begaye checked around the residence and found the victim near a shed on the property. The victim stated he had been stabbed by his roommate at the Sober Living New Ministries. He identified the roommate as Stephan Poncho, 58, of Gamerco. Begaye notified Metro Dispatch for an ambulance and then assisted the victim until Medstar arrived.

The witness at the scene said he and the victim were at the property at about 1:00 am when Poncho came running into the bathroom holding a knife. One man at the scene was able to avoid...

Metro Dispatch received multiple calls about a gray Pontiac with no license plate information swerving on and off the road heading westbound on Coal Basin Road at 10:15 pm on July 19. Many of the people calling said the car had almost caused an accident.

Metro Dispatch told McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Terrence Willie that the car was parked in front of ABQ Recycling at 61 Coal Basin Rd. in Gallup.

When he arrived, Willie saw the car, and met with a witness who said she saw the driver hit a large rock in front of the business.

According to his report, Willie saw a woman, later identified as Christina James, 31, from Gamerco, and noticed she had bloodshot, watery eyes. He saw...