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MONEY THIEF

Gallup, Aug. 1

Pamela Patterson, of Gallup, reported to police that she was robbed of $100 while she was shopping at Albertsons.

She said she was at the counter at about 1 pm getting ready to pay for her purchases when it happened. She said she had $400 and was preparing to pay, when she dropped her...

String of robberies plague Gallup

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Gallup police are investigating reports of several break-ins that occurred in the area on July 31 and Aug. 1.

On July 31, Roger Lewis, who lives on the 2500 block of East Aztec Avenue, reported a shed and a truck he owned had been broken into.

Entry to the shed had been made by breaking the front door lock. A pickup in the driveway had also been rummaged through. The door had been unlocked.

At the time of the report, Lewis said he did not know if anything had been stolen.

The police received another report July 31 from Cammish Chischilly, who was visiting from Las Cruces.

She said her car was parked across from Goodfellas Sports Lounge when someone broke one of the windows. She said...

String of robberies plague Gallup

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Gallup police are investigating reports of several break-ins that occurred in the area on July 31 and Aug. 1.

On July 31, Roger Lewis, who lives on the 2500 block of East Aztec Avenue, reported a shed and a truck he owned had been broken into.

Entry to the shed had been made by breaking the front door lock. A pickup in the driveway had also been rummaged through. The door had been unlocked.

At the time of the report, Lewis said he did not know if anything had been stolen.

The police received another report July 31 from Cammish Chischilly, who was visiting from Las Cruces.

She said her car was parked across from Goodfellas Sports Lounge when someone broke one of the windows. She said...

WEEKLY DWI REPORT

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Ja’maurice Comeraux
Aug. 11, 2:00 am
Aggravated DWI

McKinley County Deputy Frank Villa Jr. said he was on regular patrol going southbound on U.S. Highway 491 approaching Maloney Avenue when he saw a car being driven erratically.

He said the car appeared to make a turn onto Maloney Avenue, but instead it began traveling southbound in the northbound lanes on Munoz Overpass. As he pursued it, Villa said he saw it enter the westbound lane of Interstate 40 going the opposite direction.

He went on the eastbound lane to warn oncoming traffic that a car was driving the wrong way, but as he did, he saw the car turn around and start driving in Munoz again. He said he found a break in the...

Smith Lake man sentenced to 18 years on sexual abuse charges

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Victim under the age of 12

ALBUQUERQUE – Galvan L. Betonie, 25, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Smith Lake, N.M., was sentenced Aug. 14 in federal court in Albuquerque to 216 months of imprisonment for his conviction on two aggravated child sexual abuse charges.

Betonie previously pleaded guilty to the two charges on April 18.  In his plea agreement, Betonie admitted committing the crimes in Indian Country in McKinley County, on Nov. 18, 2016. According to the plea agreement, Betonie sexually abused a child who had not attained the age of 12 years.

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