BROKEN CAR WINDOW
Tse Bonito, July 27

A woman exited her residence at Tse Bonito Trailer Park early in the morning when she saw the rear window of her Kia Optima had been shattered.

When McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy M.E. Harvey arrived at the scene, he verified the damage to the rear window, with a red rock on the right-hand side of the vehicle’s dashboard. The victim said she heard a noise outside between 3 and 4 am, but did not see anything. She was not aware of the damage until she was preparing to leave that morning at about 8 am.

There were no items taken or any other damages. No other information was available.

 



AXE (HANDLE) SWINGER
Thoreau, July 26

McKinley...

Joshua Gray
July 23, 11:58 pm
DWI (Fourth)

A concerned citizen called the police after hearing a driver, Joshua Gray, 31, argue with his passenger while in the drive-thru of a fast-food restaurant. Gray then drove forward where his card was declined and he took off without paying for his food. He drove around the building where he parked, reversed, then jerked forward before parking again.

When Gallup Police Officer Vincent Thompson arrived, he approached Gray. Gray had slurred speech and bloodshot eyes, according to police reports. Thompson asked Gray where he was going, and Gray changed his story several times. When Gray refused to take the field sobriety tests, he was...

It was a disheartening scene when Executive Director Sarah Piano opened the door to the office at Big Brothers Big Sisters Mountain Region at 100 E. Aztec Ave., July 26.

“A co-worker’s doorframe had been broken in two,” she said.

In another co-worker’s office the windows were broken with bricks.

“My office was just torn apart,” Piano said.

She learned about the break-in when an alarm went off at a law office nearby.

Piano said she and her staff cleaned up as much as they could and the windows were replaced by Hernandez Auto Glass.

BBBS reported the incident to the Gallup Police Department, which found a lot of fingerprints and at least one footprint.

Despite...

STOLEN VEHICLE
Thoreau, July 19

A guest borrowing a vehicle without asking, led to a Thoreau man reporting it as stolen.

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Jonathan Todachine was dispatched to a residence on First Avenue, where the victim had called in stating they wanted to report a stolen vehicle.

The vehicle had been purchased from an auction in California, and the main suspect was identified as Lori Baca, no information available. The victim reportedly met Baca at Route 66 Casino in early July and offered to let her stay with him, an offer which she accepted.

The victim was out on a truck-driving job on July 3. That was when Baca apparently took the vehicle and kept it...