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Thoreau, June 3

A man falsely accused another man of driving drunk and nearly hitting him.

On June 3, around 4:41 pm, McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Davis Jr. was dispatched to 1 Larkspur Pl. in Thoreau because a man who was later identified as Marcus Lynch, 46, of Thoreau, was reporting he had almost been hit by a black SUV.

When Davis arrived at the scene, the SUV was gone. Lynch said the SUV had gone by his house a few times and that the driver owed him $80. He explained that he confronted the driver at his house at 7 Larkspur St.

He stated that the driver flipped him off, sped up, and almost hit him. He had jumped out of the way. The driver came back...

Angelita Charley

March 1, 2020, 1:59 am

DWI

While patrolling State Road 602, New Mexico State Police Officer Justin Maese said a white Jeep failed to yield, turning onto West Aztec Avenue causing him to slam on his brakes. After performing a traffic stop and approaching the vehicle, Maese said he could smell alcohol coming from the vehicle.

The driver, Angelita Charley, 51, of Church Rock, N.M., was slow with her actions, had slurred speech and appeared confused, according to police reports. Maese said Charley failed the field sobriety tests and failed to take further tests. Charley was arrested for aggravated DWI, failure to yield, and no driver’s license.



Lionel Chavez

Feb...

Week ending Friday, July 9, 2021


Seafood Bake

The deadly heat wave that roasted the U.S. Pacific Northwest and western Canada also cooked more than a billion seashore animals to death, leaving a putrid stink near Vancouver, B.C. University of British Columbia experts say the heat, combined with low tides in the middle of the afternoon, created dangerous combinations for animals like clams and mussels for more than six hours at a time. Observers say temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius occurred on some rocky shoreline habitats. Professor Dave Sauchyn of Canada’s University of Regina says this summer’s unprecedented heat occurred years earlier than predicted by models, in a sign...

Gallup Police narcotics agents, detectives and officers served a search warrant at 603 S. Second St. at 7 am July 22 in connection with an investigation into the alleged trafficking of methamphetamine.

Police found four people at the house.

● Brian Haudley, 41, of Gallup who was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance — methamphetamine, a fourth-degree felony and an outstanding bench warrant.

● Frances Haudley, 39, was arrested and charged with trafficking a controlled substance — methamphetamine, a second-degree felony.

● Christopher Haudley, 38, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance — methamphetamine, a fourth-degree...