ANTHONY EDDIE

Dec. 11, 03:15 pm

Aggravated DWI (5th)

Gallup Police officer Dominic Molina made a traffic stop on a silver Pontiac Grand Prix.  The vehicle was parked in the middle of the road on south Second Street.  It then drove onto the roadway and traveled north, finally stopping at 1400 S. Second St.

Molina says the driver smelled of alcohol and was slurring his words. The driver was identified as Anthony Eddie, 55, of Vanderwagen. Eddie admitted to drinking a gallon of vodka.

He agreed to perform field sobriety tests, but after falling over, stated that he was drunk.  Molina placed him in his unit and conducted a breath test.  The results were 0.27 and 0.27, more...

Staff, students respond to shots fired call

VANDERWAGEN, N.M. – Staff and students of David Skeets Elementary School initiated a lockdown shortly before 3 pm today due to a call about possible shots fired near the school.

McKinley County Sheriff’s Office received the call at about 2:40 pm, and deputies were at the scene of the school at 1902 NM-602, near Jones Ranch Road, 10 minutes later.

MCSO Undersheriff James Maiorano said "a witness stated" that six to seven gushots were heard coming from the wooded area near the school campus.

"As a precaution the school went into a shelter in place and waited for law enforcement to arrive," Mairorano said."Deputies searched the area and...

Police are still no closer this Tuesday morning to knowing what caused the death of a man and woman discovered in a field Friday.

Gallup Police were dispatched to the area of Pershing Street and Grandview Avenue at 5:30 pm Jan. 17.

The detectives and agents who responded to the scene estimate the duo to be between 50-60 years of age.

Both persons are pending identification confirmation by the Office of the Medical Examiner.

There are no signs of foul play.

McKinley County Sheriff Deputy Paul Davis Jr. was dispatched about 8 pm, Jan. 4 to the rock climbing area on Mentmore Road in connection with an automobile accident.

When he arrived, he found a man taking care of a woman who was lying in the rear seat of a vehicle. The man, Elijah Begay, said he had come upon the scene after the crash and saw two men walk away from the vehicle.

The woman, Charlene Cleveland, was transported to a nearby hospital while deputies began a search for the two men.

It didn’t take deputies very long before the two men were located. One of the men - Kendric Slim Jim, 19, of Mentmore – admitted he was the driver. Davis said he could smell alcohol coming...