Public Safety
FEATURED DWI
Kevin Joe Watson
Oct. 24, 7:18 pm
Aggravated DWI
A traffic stop for speeding turned into a drunk driver arrest in Yatahey.
McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Terence Willie was traveling southbound on U.S. Highway 491 when he saw a white GMC Sierra traveling north near the six-mile marker. The Sierra was...
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BENCH WARRANT BUST
Gallup, Oct. 28
Multiple officers were called to arrest a man late on the evening of Oct. 28.
McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Terence Willie was patrolling westward on Highway 118 near First Street about 10:36 pm when he saw a gray Chevrolet Impala traveling 44 mph in a 25-mph zone.
Willie followed the car and conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Highway 188 and Fourth Street. He met with the driver, Daryl Johnny Desiderio Jr., 26, of Las Cruces. In addition to not providing a license, registration, and insurance, Desiderio appeared to have bloodshot eyes.
After providing Desiderio’s personal information to Metro Dispatch, Willie learned he had an...
Gallup, Oct. 28
Multiple officers were called to arrest a man late on the evening of Oct. 28.
McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Terence Willie was patrolling westward on Highway 118 near First Street about 10:36 pm when he saw a gray Chevrolet Impala traveling 44 mph in a 25-mph zone.
Willie followed the car and conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Highway 188 and Fourth Street. He met with the driver, Daryl Johnny Desiderio Jr., 26, of Las Cruces. In addition to not providing a license, registration, and insurance, Desiderio appeared to have bloodshot eyes.
After providing Desiderio’s personal information to Metro Dispatch, Willie learned he had an...
Attempt to locate
IF LOCATED CONTACT Detective John Gonzales
CASE# 2020-44265
Johnathan Ray Joe
28 years old
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 220
Hair: Bald
Eyes: BRO
Johnathan Ray Joe maybe in the Gallup area. He is wanted for questioning in a crime that took place on the east side of Gallup. If anyone has information on Mr. Johnathan Ray Joe’s whereabouts contact Detective John Gonzales or Metro Dispatch 505-722-2002.
Guilty of voluntary manslaughter
ALBUQUERQUE — John Youngboy Lodgepole, 21, of Fruitland, N.M., an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty in federal court Nov. 3 to an indictment charging him with voluntary manslaughter. A grand jury indicted Lodgepole on Oct. 9, 2019.
According to his plea agreement, Lodgepole acknowledged that on Aug. 1, 2019, he and the victim, identified in court records as Jane Doe, were drinking and that he became angry when she started calling him names and provoking him. He threw the victim to the ground, kicked her in the head multiple times, and punched her about 10 times in the face and head. Lodgepole then used a cinder block to smash the back of the victim’s head. Seeing...
According to his plea agreement, Lodgepole acknowledged that on Aug. 1, 2019, he and the victim, identified in court records as Jane Doe, were drinking and that he became angry when she started calling him names and provoking him. He threw the victim to the ground, kicked her in the head multiple times, and punched her about 10 times in the face and head. Lodgepole then used a cinder block to smash the back of the victim’s head. Seeing...
Navajo Nation member gets five years in prison
ALBUQUERQUE — Garrith Bitsilly, 33, of Newcomb, N.M., an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced on Oct. 29 in federal court in Albuquerque to five years and three months in prison for abusive sexual contact in Indian Country.
Bitsilly pleaded guilty to the offense on June 1. In his plea agreement, he admitted committing this crime on the Navajo Reservation in San Juan County between Feb. 1, 2014, and Aug. 31, 2014. Bitsilly acknowledged that he caused sexual contact with a child under the age of 12 at a family member’s residence.
In addition to his prison sentence, Bitsilly will be subject to nine years of supervised release.
The Farmington office of the FBI...
Bitsilly pleaded guilty to the offense on June 1. In his plea agreement, he admitted committing this crime on the Navajo Reservation in San Juan County between Feb. 1, 2014, and Aug. 31, 2014. Bitsilly acknowledged that he caused sexual contact with a child under the age of 12 at a family member’s residence.
In addition to his prison sentence, Bitsilly will be subject to nine years of supervised release.
The Farmington office of the FBI...
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