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AG Balderas announces indictment of serial shoplifting couple

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ALBUQUERQUE –  New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas announced that two Second Judicial District Court judges independently granted the Attorney General’s motion to preventatively detain two dangerous serial shoplifters; Marvin Alderete, 29,  and Ashley Roybal, 25, on June 14.

Alderete was indicted on June 13...

WEEKLY DWI REPORT

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David Jacob Nez (1988)

May 6, 5:44 am

DWI (Third)

A Santa Fe man called Gallup Police stating he was being followed, but the call resulted in the man himself, David Jacob Nez, 34, being arrested for his third DWI.

Officer Iris Pinero was dispatched to the Red Roof Inn at 3304 W. Hwy. 66 after the call from Nez came into Metro Dispatch. When Pinero arrived at the scene, a blue Chrysler Concorde began pulling out of the driveway of the motel. The vehicle then stopped and the driver, Nez, exited the vehicle and told Pinero he had been followed for several days now.

Nez said he and his cousin, both of whom were homeless and in the vehicle, were parked in the lot of...

Three people caught stealing from Automotive Machine Works

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Three people were caught stealing tools from a local car shop.

On May 29, around 6:27 pm, Gallup Police Officer Ryan Boucher was dispatched to Automotive Machine Works, 206 S. Second St., because of a burglary. The caller said he could see people going into the business.

When Boucher arrived on the scene, he reportedly saw a man wearing a black shirt running south across I-40.

After being advised to move his patrol car to Second Street, Boucher saw a man wearing a black hoodie. Boucher was able to detain the man, who was later identified as Christopher Begay, 30, and placed him in the backseat of his patrol car.

According to Boucher’s report, Begay smelled like gasoline and...

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Derrick Tso Yazzie

May 20, 1:38 pm

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A wrong way driver nearly collided with the trailer for a community cleanup in Mentmore, leading to Derrick Yazzie, 39, of Mentmore, being arrested for his fourth DWI.

McKinley County Undersheriff James Maiorano III issued a call for assistance with the driver on Mentmore Road from Highway 602, which was received by Deputy Eric Jim. Maiorano informed Jim that the driver, Yazzie, came around the corner and nearly collided with their trailer. Yazzie’s vehicle continued the wrong way on the road before coming to a stop in the middle of the road.

Jim met with Yazzie after speaking with Maiorano, who said Yazzie...

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Gallup, May 28

A man tried to cash a check that wasn’t his, but it didn’t end well for him.

On May 28, Gallup Police Officers Jarad Watchman and Francis Collins were parked near Penny Pinchers, 1301 E. Hwy. 66, when the store’s clerk approached them and told them about a fraudulent check.

The clerk explained that a man, who was later identified as Norman Smith Jr., came into the store with the check and an ID.

Smith, 45, allegedly said that he’d had the check for about a month now because he’d been in jail. The check was for $950 and it was dated for May 28. It was from Danny Auto Sales, 700 E. Hwy 66.

The clerk said that the photo on the ID did not...

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