A speeding violation led to a 42 pound drug haul for McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Salazar Oct. 13.

When Salazar stopped a vehicle on I-40 at Mile Marker 20, he noticed the statements given by the driver and the passenger didn’t match. That led him to ask for consent to search the vehicle. The driver said he could search.

He found 42 pounds of methamphetamine and a gun.

“It’s incredible what’s moving down our Interstate at any given time. I’m glad this load of meth didn’t make [it] into the hands of our community or any other community for that matter,” Undersheriff James Maiorano III said.

Three men were arrested. They are: Martin Cabrera-Villa, 31, of...

DON’T FORGET TO LOCK THE CAR
Gallup, Aug. 12

A man couldn’t remember if he locked his car when he went into the Safeway at 980 U.S. Hwy. 491 for 45 minutes. He knew he left his windows down about 6 inches.

When he got back he knew his shaving lotion was gone. His hydrocodone bottle was still there. But it was empty. Eighty capsules were missing.

There were no signs of forced entry. No other information is available.

 



MECHANIC OR THIEF?
Gallup, Aug. 12

A Flagstaff, Ariz. woman let a man she believed to be a mechanic, take her car to perform mechanical work.

She said he never brought it back.

She said the black 2009 Buick Lucerne with tinted windows and a Lions sticker on...

Still looking for suspect(s) in death of Isiah Terrell Billy

Staff Reports

A little over a year ago 30-year-old Isiah Terrell Billy was found dead in a wash in Shiprock on the Navajo Nation.

The cause of death was determined to be strangulation.

Now the FBI has doubled the reward for identification, arrest and conviction of those responsible for Billy’s death to $10,000.

"The FBI and our partners on the Navajo Nation are committed to holding accountable those responsible for violent crime," Special Agent in Charge Raul Bujanda of the Albuquerque FBI Division said. "Victims like Isiah Billy deserve justice, and we're hoping the publicity that comes with this higher reward will...

Gallup Police have located the man they were seeking for questioning

Staff Reports

The weekend turned violent at Red Hills Mobile Home Park in Gallup when shots were fired and one man was killed. Gallup Police responded around 7:50 pm Oct. 24 and discovered another male injured.

Detectives and officers were searching for a heavy-set bald man for questioning. He is identified as Melford John, 38, and described as about 5 ' 9" tall, weighing 212 pounds, with tattoos on his face, head, and chest.

On October 28, 2021, Navajo Nation Police Department along with McKinley County Sheriff Department and New Mexico State Police received information of a possible carjacking. Officers contacted...