A Zuni man recently pled guilty assault with a dangerous weapon, which resulted in serious bodily injury.

According to the plea agreement, on Sept. 18, 2022, while at the home of the victim, Nicholas Pinto, 24, and an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Zuni, started an argument with another guest at which point the victim asked him to leave. As Pinto left the residence, he told the victim that he would be “coming back.” Pinto returned to the victim's house later that day with a sawed-off shotgun and knocked on the front door.

When the victim answered, Pinto fired the shotgun at him with the intent to cause great bodily harm, striking him in the right leg. As the victim was laying...

A woman from Shiprock, N.M. has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and assault after she reportedly crashed into another vehicle while she was driving drunk. She killed the mother in the other vehicle and injured a young man.

According to the indictment, Courtney Frank operated a motor vehicle on Sept. 28 without due caution and circumspection and with a wanton and reckless disregard for human life when she knew and should have known that her conduct imperiled the lives of others. Frank, 19, was allegedly driving drunk and  crashed her car head-on into a car driven by a mother and son, killing the mother and injuring the son.

Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney...

Erin Toadlena-Pablo has been selected as the Chief of the Gallup Police Department and is the first woman to serve in the post.

 

She will take the reins May 2 and is excited to continue the unique community outreach model to which her department is committed. Mayor Louis Bonaguidi and City of Gallup officials invite the public to attend her swearing-in ceremony, slated for 11 am on May 2 at El Morro Theater, 207 W. Coal Ave.



Toadlena-Pablo-Pablo began her career in 2001 as a rookie officer whose work was akin to the Public Service Officers now employed by the GPD. She served in the Patrol and Investigation divisions, Internal Affairs, as a school resource officer, in the Bike...

Metro Dispatch reported a “Reckless Driver” and that driver was eventually charged with possession of a controlled substance after officers found fentanyl on him.

Gallup Police Officer Julio Yazzie was enroute to another call around 6:45 pm on April 8 when he noticed a white SUV that had been called in by Metro Dispatch as a “Reckless Vehicle” throughout the day. The man driving the vehicle was later identified as Avey John Cooeyate.

The vehicle passed Yazzie at the intersection of Ninth Street and Maloney Avenue. He was able to catch up to it as it was getting ready to turn north on Third Street. He performed a traffic stop at the intersection of Third Avenue and Wilson...