Sex offender registration for offenders who register with the McKinley County Sheriff's Office: Please be advised, while in-person registration is required by N.M. State statute, due to the current N.M. health emergency, as a precaution we have been given approval to register sex offenders over the phone.
Offenders who need...
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Update on New Mexico COVID-19 cases: Now at 35
SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced seven additional positive tests for COVID-19 on March 18.Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:Four people in Bernalillo CountyOne person in San Miguel CountyTwo people in Santa Fe County
Including the above newly reported cases, New Mexico has now had a total of 35 positive tests for COVID-19:Bernalillo County: 20Sandoval County: 4San Miguel County: 1Santa Fe County: 7Socorro County: 2Taos County: 1
The Department of Health has detected community spread. The agency reports that given the infectious nature of the virus, it is likely other residents are infected...
Pedestrian Fatally Struck on Interstate 40 in Cibola County
Cibola County, NM - On March 18 at about 6:29 am, the New Mexico State Police investigated a fatality. A pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle on the on-ramp of Exit 72 off Interstate 40, west of Grants.The initial investigation indicated a 2006 Toyota was merging onto Interstate 40 westbound from the on-ramp of Exit 72. For reasons still under investigation, a pedestrian, identified as Herman Padilla, 39 of Albuquerque, who was a passenger in a parked Commercial Motor Vehicle on the on-ramp, was struck by the Toyota. Padilla succumbed to fatal injuries and was pronounced dead on scene by the Office of the Medical Investigator.
The driver of the Toyota, who will not be...
County commissioners declare health emergency
More screenings, limiting staff, sending people homeAfter both the United States and the State of New Mexico declared health emergencies over the growing pandemic of COVID-19, McKinley County has followed suit.
During their March 17 meeting, the McKinley County Board of Commissioners moved to declare a health emergency for the county. County Manager Anthony Dimas Jr. said the county will be eligible for funding that may come from the federal government or state government after the declaration.
The declaration also gives the county manager’s office authority to delegate work schedules and hours to get through the emergency, Dimas said.
County Attorney Doug Decker said...
FBI arrest for bringing rifle across Arizona border
Carlton Craig Sandoval, 38, of Window Rock, Ariz., has been charged federally with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
The FBI arrested Sandoval in Gallup March 16.
Sandoval is accused of having a firearm in a vehicle in Navajo, N.M., on Jan. 1, 2020.
Special Agent Jonathan Labuhn explained in the complaint filed on February 20 that Sandoval is prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition based on a 2015 charge for possession of drug paraphernalia in Maricopa County Arizona and a 2010 charge of aggravated driving or actual physical control while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, also in Maricopa County.
He was also...
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