Public Safety
SANTA FE, NM –The New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance cautions consumers who have subscribed, or are considering subscribing to health benefit plans offered by Health Care Sharing Ministries (HCSM) that these are not authorized health insurance plans. A HCSM may use marketing practices that suggest its...Public Safety
N.M. Office of Superintendent of Insurance cautions consumers about sharing ministries
SANTA FE, NM –The New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance cautions consumers who have subscribed, or are considering subscribing to health benefit plans offered by Health Care Sharing Ministries (HCSM) that these are not authorized health insurance plans. A HCSM may use marketing practices that suggest its...FBI warns cyber-criminals may exploit COVID-19 concerns
The FBI is reminding the American public to continue exercising smart cyber hygiene in this uncertain time.Be aware that cyber criminals may exploit concerns surrounding COVID-19 to perpetuate scams designed to steal your money.By remembering these four tips, you can protect yourself and help stop this criminal activity:(1) do not open attachments or click links within emails from senders you don't recognize;(2) always verify the information being shared originates from a legitimate source;(3) do not provide your logins, financial data or other personal information in response to an email; and(4) visit websites by manually inputting their domains to your browser.If you believe you are...Gallup Police Department prepares for COVID-19
The City of Gallup Police Department is taking proactive measures to serve all members of the community in the most comprehensive manner during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and beyond. In order to better respond to the community’s health and safety, steps are being implemented to reduce in-person interaction for non-emergency police reports.The City of Gallup website COVID-19 Resources page has been updated with a link to access online forms and services that are now available from the Gallup Police Department. All these forms can be downloaded and e-mailed to us. We will respond as soon as possible with a police incident report number.
Forms now available online for...
Couple, associates arrested for vicious murder
Gallup has seen some gruesome murders over the years but a case recently filed in state district court involving Adrianne Cellicion and Glen Lonkesion may be one of the worst in recent years.It all began on Aug. 14, 2018 when James Svinareff came by the Gallup Police Department and said he wanted to report a homicide involving a man named Kale Holden that happened at a Gallup motel two or three weeks before.
According to Svinareff, Cellicion had gone to see Holden to sell him drugs and he sexually assaulted her.
She said some time after that occurred, she and her boyfriend, Lonkesion, along with someone she knew as Big Chief, were walking along when Holden approached her and...
Four suspects facing jail time for gas station robbery
Four Native American men, three of them teenagers, are now facing up to 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to robbing a gas station store south of Gallup last April.Armed with pistols, the robbery served them less than $50 in liquor.
The four - Julian Silversmith, his son, Aurelius Eddie, and two associates, Kevin Marquez and Karl Thompson - are now waiting to be sentenced by a federal judge in Albuquerque.
Although prosecuted in federal court, the investigation that led to their arrest was handled by deputies and investigators for the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office.
According to Sheriff’s reports, three men entered the Mustang Store in Vanderwagen about...
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