Public Safety
Gallup Police Department Capt. Erin Toadena Pablo confirmed a train derailment Oct. 8. It occurred around 3:33 pm at Allison Road Crossing and Highway 66 on the west side of Gallup. She told the Gallup Sun the derailment took place within the Burlington Northern Santa Fe property. No injuries have been reported. No one...Public Safety
Train derails on west side
Gallup Police Department Capt. Erin Toadena Pablo confirmed a train derailment Oct. 8. It occurred around 3:33 pm at Allison Road Crossing and Highway 66 on the west side of Gallup. She told the Gallup Sun the derailment took place within the Burlington Northern Santa Fe property. No injuries have been reported. No one...Police investigating reports of northside gunshots
The silence on the northside of Gallup was disrupted for multiple residents early on Oct. 14. Gallup Police Capt. Erin Toadlena-Pablo told the Sun a number of calls came into the police department about 12:40 am, stating multiple gunshots were heard near Pershing Avenue. Gallup officers were dispatched to the scene on Northside and met with an unidentified male, who had been shot but was not fatally injured. He was transported to a local hospital. Toadlena-Pablo said on Oct. 15 detectives are still conducting the investigation, including gathering information about the victim and evidence from the crime scene.
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WEEKLY DWI REPORT
FEATURED DWI
Jacob Anslem Harrison
Sept. 18, 7:09 pm
Aggravated DWI (Third)
A call for a suspected drunk driver led to an encounter between a very uncooperative person and a McKinley County Sheriff’s Officer.
Deputy Miguel Bittony arrived near the intersection of Alpha Street and Ranae Street in Mentmore and spotted a white Ford F-150 parked on the side of the road. The Ford began to drive off once Bittony pulled up, so he immediately turned on his unit lights and sirens.
The suspect vehicle stopped at the intersection and the driver, Jacob Harrison, 42, of Rock Springs, N.M., stepped out and shouted demanding to know why he was stopped by Bittony. Harrison threw his keys on the...
Jacob Anslem Harrison
Sept. 18, 7:09 pm
Aggravated DWI (Third)
A call for a suspected drunk driver led to an encounter between a very uncooperative person and a McKinley County Sheriff’s Officer.
Deputy Miguel Bittony arrived near the intersection of Alpha Street and Ranae Street in Mentmore and spotted a white Ford F-150 parked on the side of the road. The Ford began to drive off once Bittony pulled up, so he immediately turned on his unit lights and sirens.
The suspect vehicle stopped at the intersection and the driver, Jacob Harrison, 42, of Rock Springs, N.M., stepped out and shouted demanding to know why he was stopped by Bittony. Harrison threw his keys on the...
Red Valley man pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in DWI crash
ALBUQUERQUE – Maroquez Clah, 28, of Red Valley, Ariz., and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty on Sept. 21 to involuntary manslaughter.
Clah was arrested on an indictment charging him with involuntary manslaughter Feb. 14 . During his hearing, Clah pleaded guilty to killing a victim, referred to as John Doe, by driving carelessly with willful disregard for the safety of others in which he was under the influence of alcohol and likely to endanger a person or property.
He faces up to eight years in federal prison, followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
Clah remains on release pending sentencing. The court has not yet set a date for...
Clah was arrested on an indictment charging him with involuntary manslaughter Feb. 14 . During his hearing, Clah pleaded guilty to killing a victim, referred to as John Doe, by driving carelessly with willful disregard for the safety of others in which he was under the influence of alcohol and likely to endanger a person or property.
He faces up to eight years in federal prison, followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
Clah remains on release pending sentencing. The court has not yet set a date for...
State Police issuing statewide checkpoints and saturation patrols in October
Drivers on New Mexico roads should be extra careful in the coming weeks as the days get shorter and colder.
New Mexico State Police will be conducting sobriety checkpoints; saturation patrols; and registration, insurance and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties throughout October.
State Police said in a Sept. 28 release they are bringing awareness to these events in an effort to reduce alcohol-related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising.
The goal of the checkpoints is to “ENDWI in New Mexico.”
“These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about drinking and driving,” the release reads. “Hundreds of lives...
New Mexico State Police will be conducting sobriety checkpoints; saturation patrols; and registration, insurance and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties throughout October.
State Police said in a Sept. 28 release they are bringing awareness to these events in an effort to reduce alcohol-related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising.
The goal of the checkpoints is to “ENDWI in New Mexico.”
“These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about drinking and driving,” the release reads. “Hundreds of lives...
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