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Memorial Day C.A.R.E. Operation hands out over 1800 citations
Statewide, NM — During the Memorial Day holiday, the New Mexico State Police participated in the Combined Accident Reduction Effort operation across all roadways within the state. The goal of the traffic initiative is to increase motorist safety and reduce the number of crashes through a strong law enforcement...
Gallup Police seek help from the public
Gallup Police are working to solve a burglary that took place in the early morning hours of Memorial Day (May 31).
GPD is requesting the public's help in locating an adult male who could be involved. His picture can be seen here.
The vehicle he was driving was an all white late model Kia Sedona.
Anyone with information about this man or this vehicle is asked to contact Metro Dispatch at (505) 722-2231 or Crime Stoppers at (877) 722-6161. Reference Case # 21-20399. It is possible to remain anonymous.
Weekly Police Activity Report
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Thoreau, May 14
She invited him in. But the glow wore off quickly.
A woman called the police after a drunken man broke several items inside her mobile home.
On May 14, around 5:29 pm, McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Davis Jr. III was sent to #61-A Rose Street in Thoreau.
When the deputy met with the caller, she led him inside to a bedroom, where Brian Begay, 25, of Thoreau was seated on the bed. In the report he filed with the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office, Davis said Begay seemed calm when they met.
Davis asked Begay if he could speak with him outside in his patrol car. When the officer led Begay outside, he said he could smell liquor on the man’s...
Thoreau, May 14
She invited him in. But the glow wore off quickly.
A woman called the police after a drunken man broke several items inside her mobile home.
On May 14, around 5:29 pm, McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Davis Jr. III was sent to #61-A Rose Street in Thoreau.
When the deputy met with the caller, she led him inside to a bedroom, where Brian Begay, 25, of Thoreau was seated on the bed. In the report he filed with the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office, Davis said Begay seemed calm when they met.
Davis asked Begay if he could speak with him outside in his patrol car. When the officer led Begay outside, he said he could smell liquor on the man’s...
Dropped cell phone precedes tragedy
A cell phone dropped into a leech vault at the Northern New Mexico Regional Solid Waste Authority where three men were replacing a pump off Highway 371, north of Thoreau a little before 11:26 am on May 25. It wasn’t an easy retrieval. The opening was similar in size to a manhole cover. The platform at the bottom was over 10 feet down with a ladder system attached to the inside wall.It was initially reported to the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office that one employee went to find a tool to recover the phone. But, when he returned he did not see the other two employees around the truck.
He looked into the vault and saw that both employees were at the bottom. Neither one of them...
A rude wake up call
A Gallup woman was abruptly awakened one morning when a strange man tried to break into her trailer home.Gallup Police Officers Nicole Diswood and Timo Molina were dispatched to her address at 624 Hazel Dr. on April 11.
On the way Metro Dispatch said the man had broken the window and was trying to crawl inside. When Diswood arrived she saw the man in question. He was identified as Timothy Saucedo, 23 of Gamerco.
Diswood told Saucedo to come toward her. She also told him to turn around and put his hands behind his back. In her report to McKinley County Magistrate Court, Diswood said Saucedo’s hands and arms were bleeding.
She asked Saucedo if he knew anyone who lived in the...
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