Gallup officials have joined the state Human Services Department’s 988 Crisis Lifeline program for mental wellness. The program provides mental health resources which are easily accessible through calling or texting the number 988.

There are three ways to connect to the support services, either by calling or texting 988 or chatting with a crisis center by visiting https://988lifeline.org/chat/. The 988 Crisis Line also has a Veterans Crisis Line and Spanish subnetwork. Gallup Police Department Chief Erin Toadlena-Pablo believes this is a great tool to add to the array of strategies her department uses to address mental health crises.

“We believe this is a great tool for community...

New Mexico State Police conducted an operation in Gallup focusing on reducing crime on Feb. 12. New Mexico State Police Uniform, Crime Suppression Bureau, Fugitive Apprehension Unit, and Special Operations made 10 arrests during the operation.

Listed below are the subjects arrested and what they were arrested for:

Juan Medina, 20: Conspiracy to commit trafficking and possession of controlled substance (fentanyl)

 

John Paradise, 33: Trafficking a controlled substance (fentanyl)

 

Dustin Boyd, 24: Trafficking a controlled substance (fentanyl)

 

Arvil Billy, 49: Trafficking a controlled substance (methamphetamine)

 

Travis Lee Pelt, 34: Warrant for vehicle...

Featured DWI

Joeromeo Hatathle

Feb. 13, 1:08 pm

Aggravated DWI (Third)

New Mexico State Police pulled over a motorcyclist from Thoreau driving in the wrong lane and eventually arrested Joeromeo Hatathle, 37, for his third DWI.

Officer Alejandro Solis-Torres was patrolling southbound on Highway 608 near mile marker 1 when he saw a motorcycle driving north in the southbound lane. A vehicle in front of Solis-Torres hit its brakes and the motorcycle pulled off onto the right side of the road.

Solis-Torres followed the motorcycle and conducted a traffic stop. The driver, Hatathle, reportedly tried to walk away from the scene before he was told to stop.

Hatathle did not...

A woman is facing battery charges after she scratched the father of her children.

On Feb. 9 around 8 pm, Gallup Police Officer Kyle Delgai was dispatched to 3307 Cinzia Dr. for a domestic violence call. According to Delgai’s report, a man had called Metro Dispatch and said his sister told him their mom, who was later identified as Ardelle Harrison, was beating up and choking their father.

The caller explained that his parents are no longer together, and that Harrison, 38, has a violent tendency.

When Delgai arrived at the scene he met with Harrison and the victim. He asked the two if everything was OK, and Harrison said it was, but the man shook his head “no” while he stood...