AN UNWELCOME HOMECOMING

Gallup, May 16

A man received an unwelcome greeting after he allegedly broke into his mother’s house.

On May 16 around 8:30 pm, Gallup Police Officer Charlie Watkins was dispatched to 1613 Linda Dr. after a woman called to report that her brother, who was later identified as Luke Lucero, had broken into her mother’s house.

When Watkins arrived at the scene he met with the caller, who said Lucero, 24, had broken into the house and was currently inside the house with their mother. She explained that he didn’t live at the house.

Lucero allegedly told the caller he had a firearm.

Since Lucero may be armed and dangerous, Watkins called for backup. As his...

A woman was charged with child abuse after police found her and her child in a house that contained fentanyl and methamphetamine.

On May 16, around 6 am, Gallup Police officers and members of the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant signed by District Court Judge Doug Decker at a residence located at 505 ½ W. Mesa Ave. When they entered the residence, they met with two women, who both had warrants out for their arrest. One of those women was 37-year-old Angela Quam.

After officers detained the other woman who had a warrant out for her arrest, they spoke to Quam, who had an infant with her. She said that the baby, who is nine months old, was her’s.

When...

Police find motel room littered with diapers, alcohol bottles

A Gallup couple is facing child abuse charges after officers found them in a motel room with marijuana and a baby.

On May 8, around 8:45 pm, Gallup Police Officer Charlie Watkins was dispatched to the Motel 6 at 3306 W. Hwy. 66 after someone reported they could hear a child crying and two people arguing in one of the motel rooms.

Watkins reportedly found the door cracked open when he arrived at the scene. When he walked into the room he was instantly hit with the smell of alcohol. He also noticed three people in the room, two adults and a child. The adults were later identified as Austin Gregg and Sophina...

PHOENIX — A man from Chine, Arizona was sentenced to life in prison for multiple counts of child sex abuse.

Kendall Anagal, 41, was sentenced lby United States District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to life in prison for multiple counts of child sexual abuse during the week of May 6.

On Feb. 9, a federal jury found Anagal guilty of three counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse and one count of Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child. Anagal repeatedly and violently sexually abused a child who, at the time of the abuse, was between 9 and 10 years old. The victim reported these offenses when she was 17 years old; she did not disclose them earlier because she reportedly feared for her life.

The Federal...