A cell phone dropped into a leech vault at the Northern New Mexico Regional Solid Waste Authority where three men were replacing a pump off Highway 371, north of Thoreau a little before 11:26 am on May 25.  It wasn’t an easy retrieval.  The opening was similar in size to a manhole cover. The platform at the bottom was over 10 feet down with a ladder system attached to the inside wall.

It was initially reported to the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office that one employee went to find a tool to recover the phone. But, when he returned he did not see the other two employees around the truck.

He looked into the vault and saw that both employees were at the bottom. Neither one of them...

A Gallup woman was abruptly awakened one morning when a strange man tried to break into her trailer home.

Gallup Police Officers Nicole Diswood and Timo Molina were dispatched to her address at 624 Hazel Dr. on April 11.

On the way Metro Dispatch said the man had broken the window and was trying to crawl inside. When Diswood arrived she saw the man in question. He was identified as Timothy Saucedo, 23 of Gamerco.

Diswood told Saucedo to come toward her. She also told him to turn around and put his hands behind his back. In her report to McKinley County Magistrate Court, Diswood said Saucedo’s hands and arms were bleeding.

She asked Saucedo if he knew anyone who lived in the...

Five states join New Mexico to increase seat belt use across state lines

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation and local law enforcement agencies join Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, and Wyoming reminding travelers to buckle up. The ‘State2State Buckle Up’ campaign wants travelers to stay buckled in every state no matter how far they are traveling.

The campaign coincides with the start of the national Click it or Ticket seat belt enforcement period that started May 24. Participating states will alert travelers using social media and digital highway signs.

“Click It or Ticket is not about citations; it’s about saving lives,” Transportation Secretary Mike...

Roseanna Tom

Dec. 27, 2020 1:15 am

Aggravated DWI (Second)

A woman who said she had hurt her knee trying to break up a fight was pulled over near First Street and Maloney Avenue.

Gallup Patrolman Julio Yazzie met with Roseanna Tom, 46, of Church Rock, N.M. after being dispatched to Sun Valley Apartments, 201 JM Montoya Blvd.

He reported that he saw a gray vehicle traveling south on Woodrow Drive matching the description of a vehicle that also parked in the middle of the street.

When he met with the driver, Tom admitted to having two mixed drinks about an hour before. Yazzie said he smelled alcohol coming from inside her vehicle.

Based on her failed standard field sobriety tests...