Jonathan Francisco

Aug. 11, 2:30 pm

Aggravated DWI (first offense)

Gallup Patrolman Dominic Molina was dispatched to the area of Wise Pies Pizza, 820 U.S. Hwy. 491, in reference to a possible drunk driver. The caller advised a GMC Sierra was weaving in and out of the lane and pulled over near the establishment.

As Molina headed for the destination, the calling party advised the vehicle in question had left the premises and was traveling eastbound on Maloney Avenue. The caller continued to tell Molina what was happening as he followed the vehicle onto the 800 block of East Mesa Avenue.

The caller said the suspect vehicle stopped in the parking lot of an apartment building and the...

MCKINLEY COUNTY, N.M. - The New Mexico State Police investigated a case about 9:40 pm Aug. 24 in which pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle on Interstate 40 near mile post 2, west of Gallup, N.M.

The initial investigation indicated a 2019 Volvo Commercial Motor Vehicle was traveling west on Interstate 40. For reasons unknown, Myron G. Chischilly, 56, of Manuelito, N.M., was crossing the westbound lanes of Interstate 40 when he was struck by the CMV. Chischilly was pronounced dead at the scene by the Office of Medical Investigators.

The driver of the CMV, a 31-year-old male of Woodridge, Ill., who will not be named, was not injured. The driver did not appear to be under the...

Two children suffered injuries

ALBUQUERQUE – A federal grand jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., returned an indictment Aug. 15 charging Eli Frank Woody, 25, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Crownpoint, N.M., with federal assault and firearm charges arising out of a July 18 drive-by shooting that injured two Navajo children.

The three-count indictment charges Woody with two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury to a child, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.

According to the indictment, Woody assaulted and seriously injured two minor children on July 18 in McKinley County, N.M. The indictment also alleges that Woody used and...

GROUP ASSAULT

Gallup, Aug. 19

A 54-year-old Brimhall man was attacked Aug. 19 by a group of men, who beat him up and stabbed him.

McKinley County Sheriff Deputy Jeff Barnhurst said he was filling up his gas tank on South Second Street when a man came up to him and reported seeing six men jump another man nearby.

Barnhurst said as soon as he finished filling his tank, he drove up Second Street trying to find the man with no success. He then drove into the parking lot at Nugget Gallery and noticed a man’s arm near a rock ledge.

The man was bleeding heavily in the head area. Barnhurst said he asked the man for his name but he wouldn’t tell him. He also said he didn’t want to...