Sheriff seeks Speedway robber

McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Joey Guillen is looking for help from the public to identify the person involved in a robbery at 7:42 am April 6 at the Speedway in Vanderwagen.

Officer Jeff Barnhurst caught the call of a possible robbery in progress.

When he arrived he saw a man leaving the store.

As he approached the front door, manager Anita Spencer said she had been working on stock inventory in the back when she heard the front door bell.  Then she heard the cooler door open and she headed for the front of the store.

When she got there she saw a man heading for the exit with two cans of beer and she called out.  She said he...

Ewing Todacheene, 33, of Bloomfield, N.M., has been charged federally in connection with an incident in which he allegedly fired several rounds near houses and other buildings on the Navajo Nation on April 2.

Todacheene is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and carrying and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.

He allegedly fired several rounds from a rifle while driving a vehicle in and near the community of Dzilth-Na-O-Dith-Hle, southeast of Farmington, N.M.

No one was injured.

The Navajo Police Department arrested Todacheene, with the assistance of the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office, New Mexico State Police, and FBI, who all responded to the scene.

The...

NURSE ATTACKED

Gallup, April 2

Gallup Police Officer Timothy Hughte was dispatched to Gallup Indian Medical Center in reference to a male being assaulted.

Hughte made contact with James Hayne, charge nurse of the emergency room, who said he was trying to help a male identified as Ashford Rodriguez, 28, of Gallup, when he was hit in the head with a closed fist. Rodriguez had been transported to the hospital by Medstar Ambulance for a high level of intoxication, where he had to be restrained and eventually sedated due to being combative.

Hughte returned to GIMC later that night after being told Rodriguez was awake and moving. He had no recollection of the incident, nor could he...

Armondo Spencer

March 30, 10:56 pm

Aggravated DWI

Gallup Police Officer Michael Eley was dispatched to the intersection of Clark Street and Aztec Avenue in reference to a possible intoxicated driver.

Eley noticed a gray Ford truck that was parked at a stop sign at the scene when he arrived. He conducted a traffic stop and spotted the driver, Armondo Spencer, 22, of Mentmore, passed out in the driver’s seat. After not being able to wake Spencer, Eley met Officer Timothy Hughte, who used a vehicle lock out kit to open the passenger door. Eley then woke Spencer, noting an empty bottle of Smirnoff Ice in the vehicle.

As Spencer exited the vehicle, Eley noted he had slurred...