EMPLOYED, BUT UNEMPLOYED?
Gallup, July 28

A man received a letter from Workforce Solutions on July 28, which contained a debit card and instructions to activate it.

He thought the card was from his bank, so he activated the card, but soon realized it was a card for unemployment benefits and it displayed his name and the last four digits of his social security number.

He called the unemployment office, where his information and benefits were verified.

He explained that he was employed and that an unknown person had used his name to try to obtain unemployment benefits. A block was placed on the card and he was told to file a report with Gallup Police.

No further information is available.

REPEAT SHOPLIFTER
Gallup, July 28

When the asset protect agent for the Gallup Walmart, 1650 W. Maloney Ave., spotted Christopher Barrett, 37, of Tohatchi, Gallup Police Officer Matthew Graham was called to the scene.

The agent told Graham that Barrett has followed a pattern of concealing numerous items in a bag and then leaving through the garden center. Metro Dispatch advised that Barrett had one shoplifting warrant.

After being informed that Barrett was headed in the direction of the garden center, Graham headed that way and found him. He placed Barrett under arrest for the warrant. Several items totaling about $38 were recovered from Barrett.

Graham traveled to Metro Dispatch to pick up the warrant, and learned that Barrett actually had two shoplifting warrants. Barrett was taken to McKinley County Adult Detention Center and booked for the warrants and shoplifting.

Barrett was released on his own recognizance.

STOLEN CARDS
Gallup, July 28

Gallup Officer Philamina Chischilly was advised to return a call to a man who had called into Metro Dispatch to file a report.

The man told Chischilly he had been admitted to the hospital for an overdose and was released that day. When he returned home in the afternoon, he noticed two debit cards, $125 in cash, and several tools had been taken from his house. He reported the cards missing and later noticed two charges he did not make on one of the cards. He estimated the value of the tools at more than $20.

The victim said he thought he knew who may have taken the cards, tools, and cash and caused him to overdose, but the report did not confirm whether his claims were verified or if an arrest was made.

LOSING A LICENSE PLATE
Gallup, July 28

A woman called into Gallup Police Department to report her license plate had been taken.

The victim, who has a New Mexico Driver’s License, left the College Clinic at 2111 College Dr. on the morning of July 27. She said that’s the last place she saw her license plate attached to her car. She traveled to her other place of employment at 1300 South Country Club Court.

When she took out the trash the next morning around 7:10 am, she told Gallup Police Officer Julio Yazzie that she noticed the Arizona license plate was missing from her vehicle.

There are no suspects, and no other information is available.