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Navajo man in federal court facing charges for murder in Indian Country

Thursday, 07 October 2021 18:49 gallupsun

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Quinten Smith, 21, of Mexican Springs, N.M., and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was charged in federal court on Oct. 4 with murder in Indian Country. Smith will remain in custody pending trial.

According to a criminal complaint, on Sept. 24, Smith and others allegedly went to the home of...

Missing teen

Friday, 01 October 2021 14:38 gallupsun

Joycelynn Miller was reported missing on 09/29/2021, she was last seen in the area of Ceder Hills Apartments at 7:45 in the morning.  She was last seen wearing all black clothing (T-shirt, Dickies pants and Vans shoes). She is 15 years of age, height 5'02", weight 120 pounds, brown eyes and red in color hair.
If you have any information on her whereabouts please contact Metro dispatch at (505) 722-2002 or Detective Rodriguez at (505) 863-1314.

Party becomes murder scene

Friday, 01 October 2021 05:06 Gallupsun Staff

Teenage serviceman killed

By Beth Blakeman
Managing Editor

A 19-year-old Diné
U. S. Army SPC lost his life at a party two years ago. On Sept. 27, the then-17-year-old accused of killing him will be in Albuquerque Children’s Court.

Isaiah Villanueva was a half-Navajo New Mexico native who joined the U. S. Army at the age of 17. He was accepted to train with security forces and signed up for six years.

But about two-and-a-half years in, Villanueva attended a party in Albuquerque. He was fatally shot there.

It was June 27, 2019, when two 17-year-olds identified as Angel Grado and Timothy Malek arrived at a party on Quetzl Drive SW in Albuquerque armed with guns.

During the...

Weekly Police Activity Report

Friday, 01 October 2021 05:05 Staff Reports

‘ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME’
Thoreau, Sept. 8

A man wearing a black Tupac shirt with the words “only God can judge me,” was seen by a Dollar General employee at 90 State Hwy. 371 in Thoreau, taking a Sylvania Bluetooth Boom Box and leaving the store without paying.

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Harland Soseeah made contact with the suspect, identified as Andy Garcia, 31, of Gallup, who stated he bought the speaker two days earlier.

Soseeah said he noticed the charging cord was still in the bag and not open.

A review of the security footage showed Garcia entered the store at about 5:37 pm, went to the back-to-school section and grabbed the box, and then left. The serial...

WEEKLY DWI REPORT

Friday, 01 October 2021 05:04 Staff Reports

Maynard Miller
Sept. 12, 6:19 pm
Aggravated DWI (Seventh)

A man was seen leaving a car crash and throwing a gun into a bush by the road. Metro Dispatch reported the incident and McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Nocona Clark was sent to the intersection of Ark Hill Road and Francisco Pond Road

At the scene, Clark found a white Nissan Altima in a small ditch with front-end damage and the driver-side door open. One witness at the scene said he found the gun and showed it to Clark. The handgun was unloaded and Clark was told that a man identified as Maynard Miller, 44, of Gallup, had walked along the road and entered a nearby ditch and could be hiding nearby.

Other witnesses said...