Man breaks store’s door after not getting what he wants

A man became angry when he couldn’t get some leftover Papa John’s pizza and ended up shattering the store’s door.

On Aug. 26, around 4:30 pm, Gallup Police Officer Darius Johnson was dispatched to the Papa John’s Pizza at 2102 E. Hwy. 66 when the store’s manager called into police about some property damage.

When he arrived at the scene Johnson met with the store manager, who said a man who was later identified as Christopher Laughing came in wearing a red shirt and khaki shorts. The manager said Laughing, 40, began bothering her employees.

The manager said Laughing asked for leftover food, and when he was told...

A man tried to run away from the police after they found him in a local grocery store parking lot with bloodied hands.

On Aug. 22, around 7 pm, Gallup Police Officer Cindy Romancito was dispatched to the Albertsons grocery store at 1702 E. Hwy. 66 when a man started throwing boxes around. When they arrived at the scene, Lt. Francie Martinez and Romancito found a man who had red spots on his pants, hands, and arms.

When the officers asked him his name, the man gave the name of Tyler Sam. Officers later learned that this was a false name, and that the man’s real name was Christopher O’Ryan Sam.

Sam, 31, told the officers that another man had started a fight with him, and that...

FENTANYL IN THE FRONT SEAT

Gallup, Aug. 26

A man was found drooling in a truck in the Lowe’s Grocery Store parking lot. Later on, fentanyl was found in the truck.

On Aug. 26, around 2:15 pm, Gallup Police Officer Cindy Romancito was called to assist Sgt. Nicola Martinez-Collins who was conducting a welfare check at Lowe’s Grocery Store, 1120 E. Hwy. 66.

When she got to the scene, Romancito noticed a maroon truck. Martinez-Collins told Romancito that when she arrived on scene, the man, who was identified as Loren Kinsel, had his head back, and he was drooling.

Now, however, Kinsel, 31, was trying to call someone on his phone. According to her report, Romancito asked Kinsel...

Featured DWI

Marland Lee

Aug. 15, 3:38 pm

DWI (Seventh)

An attempt to locate was issued for a white Kia Soul driven by Marland Lee, 34, of Yatahey, which led to Lee being arrested and charged with a seventh DWI.

McKinley County Deputy Brandon Salazar was passing Chee Dodge Elementary School traveling north when a vehicle matching the attempt to locate description approached him from behind swerving over the fog line. Salazar slowed down so the vehicle could pass him, but the vehicle instead turned onto the road towards the school.

Salazar saw the vehicle park towards the back of the lot. When he approached the vehicle once more, it tried to leave the lot. After Salazar...