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Hanging out the windows of a speeding car attracts police attention

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A chase near downtown Gallup and into a nearby neighborhood led to several juveniles being pulled over and one getting charged.

Gallup Police were having a briefing near downtown early on Aug. 13 when Officer Julio Yazzie spotted a white Toyota RAV4 traveling south on Third Street at a high rate of speed with several people hanging out of the windows.

Yazzie got to his unit and followed the SUV onto Mesa Avenue and then Fourth Street, where he found the vehicle near the intersection of Morgan Avenue. He pulled over near the SUV and found several people inside. As Yazzie activated his unit’s emergency lights to conduct a traffic stop, the Toyota took off on Fourth Street.

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Fire damages local auto repair shop

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Gallup firefighters battled a blaze Oct. 18 at FASSCO Auto Repair, 105 Mine Run St.

Fire Deputy Chief Nathan Emerson said the call came in around 3:11 pm and all stations within the city responded, as well as off-duty firefighters.

Emerson explained that there was an explosion at the repair shop, and it took until sometime between 6:30 pm and 7 pm to extinguish all of the hotspots in the area.

He described the roof of the body shop as compromised, and the building itself as "totaled." He also said there were two vehicles parked in the two bays inside the repair shop that may have escaped fire damage.

The nearby Burger King was advised to shut down due to smoke. It has since reopened...

Motorcycle crash kills 82-year-old man

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CIBOLA COUNTY — The New Mexico State Police was alerted about a motorcycle crash on BIA Road 125 near Milepost 2, south of Ramah on Oct. 16 around 5 pm.

The initial investigation showed that a 2017 Kawasaki motorcycle being driven by George W. McBeath, 82, of Pinehill, N.M., left the roadway and crashed.

McBeath, who was wearing a helmet, suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Alcohol was not a factor in this incident.

The crash is under investigation by the New Mexico State Police.

Enrolled member of Navajo nation charged with murder

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An enrolled member of the Navajo Nation was charged Oct. 4 in federal court with a killing in Indian Country. Quinten Smith, 21, of Mexican Springs, N.M. will remain in custody pending trial.

According to a criminal complaint, Smith and others went to the home of the victim, identified as John Doe, on Sept. 24. They wanted to confront him. When they arrived, a physical altercation is said to have begun. During the fight, Smith allegedly stabbed the victim multiple times in the back using a pocketknife. Smith and the others are believed to have fled the scene.

Doe, also an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, and who lived on the Navajo Nation, was found dead at his home.

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Chinle man gets 18 years for domestic violence murder

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An enrolled member of the Navajo Nation was sentenced to more than 18 years in prison for second degree murder in a domestic violence case.

Roderrell Boyd Charley, 33, of Chinle, Ariz was sentenced to 222 months of imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes on Oct. 13. Charley previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder.

It was Charley’s mother who called police, who then found the victim lying in the road.

According to the FBI statement, Charley beat the victim to death with his fists and feet between Oct. 7 and Oct. 8, 2019. Family members heard him screaming and arguing with the victim on the night of Oct. 7. The next morning, Charley told his sister that the...

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