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Pinnacle Bank Robber Wanted

Despite solid images of the suspect’s face and tattoos, the man that robbed Pinnacle Bank east is still at large.

Pinnacle Bank on 1804 E. Aztec Ave was robbed at 10:37 am Sept. 25. Gallup Police Department Capt. Rick White said that witnesses described the suspect as a Hispanic male with a mustache in his early twenties, between 5’7” - 5’8” tall, and medium build.

He has a tattoo on his neck and right inner forearm. He was wearing sunglasses, a black short-sleeved polo shirt with a red long-sleeved shirt under it, black pants, and dark-colored boots. He was wearing a black baseball cap with a light...

TRAILER ON FIRE

Thoreau, 10/11

McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Roxanne King was dispatched to a call of an abandoned trailer on fire on Frontier Street in Thoreau, shortly after 9 pm. According to the deputy’s report, Thoreau Fire Department Commander Jake Laroy said the fire started in the living room. The caller who reported the fire stated that she noticed a white pickup truck in the area, and didn’t notice anyone on foot in the area.

VEHICLE DISCOVERED

Gallup, 10/10

MCSO Deputy Josie Bowman took an incident report regarding a white Nissan SUV abandoned near a ditch, near the motocross arena. The incident report states that the vehicle “was high center and the...

Elaine Jones

9/30, 2:18 pm

4th DWI

McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy T. Bowman pulled over Jones after a short stop-and-go pursuit on U.S. Route 491. Bowman stated in his reported that he pulled Jones over because she was swerving and he noticed that she wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.

Jones was reported saying: “I am just going home,” and that she lived over the hill. She claimed to have an ankle injury, but took the field sobriety test. She blew a .30 and  .31 during her two breath tests.

Brandon Baker

9/29, 10:06 am

3rd DWI, Aggravated

Baker was hoping that Gallup Police Department Officer Carmelita James would just forgive that he was driving...

A five month long, joint investigation between McKinley County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI resulted in the arrest of former bail bondsman Billie Cotton.

MCSO lead narcotics investigator Pat Salazar said the the arrest and search warrants were served at Cotton’s home on 404 Zane St. at 6:45 am Oct. 12.

“We found six stolen firearms and three altered firearms,” he said.

Salazar said the altered firearms were immediately taken into evidence He explained that adding a silencer or altering a gun to make it to fire faster are common modifications.

Cotton, 58, was booked into the McKinley County Adult Detention Center for trafficking and federal gun charges. He’s currently being...