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NMSP officer involved in shooting near Prewitt, N.M.

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The name of a New Mexico State Police Officer has now been released after a shooting that happened on April 16.

On April 16, 2022, the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was called to investigate an officer-involved shooting on Interstate 40, milepost 64, near Prewitt, N.M.

Officers learned that around 11:56...

Gallup police officer allegedly punches minor

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A Gallup police officer is currently on administrative leave after hitting a minor.

On Dec. 5, around 1:08 am, McKinley County Sheriff’s deputy Terrence Willie was sent to 607 Pillar Ave. in Gamerco in reference to a domestic dispute. The caller explained to the Metro Dispatch that a man, Justin Benally, 29, had hit his young cousin, who is a minor.

The caller told Metro Dispatch that Benally was intoxicated.

When Willie and MCSO Sgt. Johnson Lee arrived at the scene, Willie spoke to two witnesses, Benally’s mother and father.

According to the criminal complaint, the two parents said that Benally had been arguing with his ex-wife.

When Benally’s mother walked into the living...

Weekly Police Activity Reports

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FIGHTING AT THE MOVIES

Gallup, April 9

A Gallup man reportedly got upset over Sonic the Hedgehog.

Around 5:29 pm on April 9, Gallup Police Officer Julio Yazzie was dispatched to the Red Rock 10 movie theater, 3711 Church Rock St. #4523 because of a domestic dispute. Metro Dispatch informed him that the man he was looking for was Darren Charlie, 27, from Brimhall N.M., and that the man had a warrant out for his arrest.

Yazzie found Charlie walking west on Church Rock Street. Yazzie got out of his patrol car and asked the man to stop walking. Charlie responded by putting his hands up and walking backwards into an open field. He refused to stop and told the officer he didn’t do...

FBI seeking information in Naschitti homicide

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The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for the homicide of Lee Michael Pahe.

On July 26, 2021 at approximately 12:52 pm, Pahe was found deceased on the ground next to a water pump in Naschitti, N.M., on the Navajo Nation. The cause of death was a gunshot wound.

Authorities were told that Pahe, then 30, was last seen leaving a residence in Navajo, N.M., at 2 am on the day his body was discovered. Pahe was resident of Fort Defiance, Ariz.

If you have any information concerning this case, please contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or tips.fbi.gov.

Wrong way driver killed in semi-truck collision

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A car was driving in the wrong direction on I-40 when it collided with a semi-truck, killing Falisha Leuppe, 43, of Coyote Canyon, Ariz.,  during the early morning hours of April 3.

McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Shane Bennett and his crew handled the crash scene, close to the 5-mile marker on eastbound I-40.

According to McKinley County Undersheriff James Maiorano III, Metro Dispatch received a call around midnight about a car going westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-40. A few seconds after that initial call, Metro Dispatch received another call where the caller said the car had crashed into a semi-truck.

Maiorano said that so far, he does not believe alcohol was a...

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