Staff Reports

Dustinn Craig

10.20.17, 4:01 pm

Agg. DWI, 1st Offense

Craig, 41, of Mesa, Ariz. was stopped by McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Joey Guillen at exit 53 of Highway 612 after a call to Metro Dispatch. MCSO Lt. Eric D. Jim received more information from Guillen and administered a field sobriety test.

Craig failed the HGN test, the Walk and Turn, and the One Leg Stand and was transported to the Sheriff’s office for a breath test, which Craig had agreed to after being read the NM Implied Consent Advisory. He blew two samples, a 0.27 and a 0.28 and was taken to the McKinley County Detention Center and booked.

Charles Murphy

10.19.17, 1:52 am

Agg. DWI, 1st...

On Oct. 24, officers of the Gallup Police Department responded to the area of 173 E. Highway 66 around 9:51 pm, in reference to a deceased female.

The Detective Division of the Gallup Police Department was notified to investigate.

As a result of the investigation, it was determined that a Native American female had died as a result of being struck by a motor vehicle, in which the motor vehicle fled the scene.

During the investigation, the woman was identified as Emerald Heather Scott, 32, of Farmington, N.M. After further investigation, the Gallup Police Department declared this investigation as a Vehicular Homicide Case.

GPD is asking for the public’s assistance in bringing forth...

In a report released Oct. 17, the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms industry, has announced a combined reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the theft of firearms from Zuni Mountain Pawn, a federal firearms licensee located in Thoreau, N.M.

McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Inv. Anthony Ashley said McKinley County Crime Stoppers has added another $1,000 to the pot, bringing the total in reward monies to $6,000.

As reported in an August issue of the Sun, an unknown suspect burglarized the pawnshop and stole 13 guns. Nine of...

No one is talking about when the fun night started for five individuals last Saturday, Oct. 14, but by about 6 pm the fun was over, leaving one dead, one hospitalized in Albuquerque, and one locked up at the McKinley County Detention Center on a charge of Homicide by Vehicle.

Multiple calls were received at Metro Dispatch almost before the dust of the rollover accident with five people inside the Suburban had settled. Four witnesses were still on scene when the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office deputies showed up to fill out witness statements and to investigate the scene.

Two of the occupants were ejected, with Danny Yazzie dead at the scene and Darren Yazzie airlifted to UNM...