FEATURED DWI

Kevin Joe Watson

Oct. 24, 7:18 pm

Aggravated DWI

A traffic stop for speeding turned into a drunk driver arrest in Yatahey.

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Terence Willie was traveling southbound on U.S. Highway 491 when he saw a white GMC Sierra traveling north near the six-mile marker. The Sierra was traveling 72 mph in a 55-mph zone, so Willie turned around to follow it.

Willie conducted a traffic stop at the Family Dollar store, 24 Hwy. 264, in Yatahey, where he met the driver, Kevin Watson, 32, of Yatahey. As Watson handed over his driver’s license and registration, Willie noted he had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. Willie also saw two other occupants in...

BENCH WARRANT BUST

Gallup, Oct. 28

Multiple officers were called to arrest a man late on the evening of Oct. 28.

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Terence Willie was patrolling westward on Highway 118 near First Street about 10:36 pm when he saw a gray Chevrolet Impala traveling 44 mph in a 25-mph zone.

Willie followed the car and conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Highway 188 and Fourth Street. He met with the driver, Daryl Johnny Desiderio Jr., 26, of Las Cruces. In addition to not providing a license, registration, and insurance, Desiderio appeared to have bloodshot eyes.

After providing Desiderio’s personal information to Metro Dispatch, Willie learned he had an...

IF LOCATED CONTACT Detective John Gonzales

CASE# 2020-44265

Johnathan Ray Joe

28 years old

Height: 5’10”

Weight: 220

Hair: Bald

Eyes: BRO

Johnathan Ray Joe maybe in the Gallup area. He is wanted for questioning in a crime that took place on the east side of Gallup. If anyone has information on Mr. Johnathan Ray Joe’s whereabouts contact Detective John Gonzales or Metro Dispatch 505-722-2002.

ALBUQUERQUE — John Youngboy Lodgepole, 21, of Fruitland, N.M., an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty in federal court Nov. 3 to an indictment charging him with voluntary manslaughter. A grand jury indicted Lodgepole on Oct. 9, 2019.

According to his plea agreement, Lodgepole acknowledged that on Aug. 1, 2019, he and the victim, identified in court records as Jane Doe, were drinking and that he became angry when she started calling him names and provoking him. He threw the victim to the ground, kicked her in the head multiple times, and punched her about 10 times in the face and head. Lodgepole then used a cinder block to smash the back of the victim’s head. Seeing...