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Fatal rollover on N.M. State Road 605

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CIBOLA COUNTY — New Mexico State Police are investigating a rollover crash on N.M. State Road 605 in Cibola County that killed one person and injured another near Mile Marker 4, north of Milan.

The initial investigation which took place around 7:37 am June 22, indicated a 2019 Mack CMV, driven by 26-year-old...

Gallup Police searching for 21-year-old woman

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GALLUP — The Gallup Police Department is searching for a young woman from Window Rock, Ariz.

Danica Kara Benally, 21 was last seen around 5 pm June 30, near the Heritage Plaza on the north side of Gallup.

She is described as 5 feet, 4 inches tall, weighing 157 pounds with brown eyes and waist- length brown hair tied with a light blue scrunchy.

She was last seen wearing denim pants, a yellow shirt, a black Adidas jacket with white stripes on the sleeves and black and white Vans brand shoes.

She is believed to be on foot and in Gallup.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Danica Kara Benally is asked to contact the Gallup Police Department at (505) 722-2231, or dial 911.

Missing teen found safe, suspect arrested

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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Missing teenager Roberta Ann Watchman was found safe in Wheatfields, Ariz. around 1:55 pm June 30.

The Navajo Police Department which had been searching for the teen since she was reported missing by her grandmother 12 days before, also arrested  the girl's father, Ozzy Watchman without incident.

The teen was last seen leaving her grandmother's residence with her father who is a registered sex offender from Sawmill, Ariz.

Around 12:32 pm on June 3,0 a maintenance worker called Navajo Police to say he had seen Watchman and his daughter at Wheatfields Lake in Wheatfields, Ariz.

The senior Watchman had reportedly approached the worker to ask if he and his...

Two arrested in narcotics investigation

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An investigation which took Gallup patrol officers, Emergency Response Team members, detectives and narcotics agents to 501 E. Pershing Avenue on the morning of June 25, at 8:22 am, led to the arrest of Dorinel Binns-Wallace, 26, and Alex Andria Martinez, 22, following a residential search related to narcotics.

Binns-Wallace was arrested and formally charged with four counts of possession of a controlled substance (fentanyl, cocaine, hydrocodone, suboxone) and unlawful use or possession of methadone.

Martinez was formally charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance (fentanyl, methamphetamine).

Firearms were also seized from the residence. Formal charges are also...

Weekly Police Activity Report

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CHRISTIAN CENTER STABBING
Thoreau, June 7

A man was stabbed outside the Mission Possible Christian Outreach Center on June 7.

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Davis Jr. was dispatched around 2:07 pm to the Mission Possible Christian Outreach Center at 93 State Hwy. 371 in Thoreau to investigate.

When Davis arrived, he saw a blue Ford Mustang sedan parked outside. He found a male victim from Thoreau lying on his back near the building. According to his report, the man had no shirt on and appeared to be sleeping.

Davis tapped the man on the shoulder. He was breathing, but didn’t respond. Davis noticed he had blood on his stomach and two small puncture wounds, one on his chest...

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