Gallup Sun

GALLUP — Gallup Police Department Narcotics Agents and Detectives served a search warrant at 621 Jay Street in Red Hills Trailer Park on Nov. 24 at 3:49 pm. The warrant was related to an investigation into the alleged trafficking of methamphetamine and fentanyl.

Two adults were arrested.

Marqui Armstrong, 28, of Gallup, was charged with trafficking of a controlled substance by possession (fentanyl); a second-degree felony, trafficking of a controlled substance by possession (methamphetamine); a second-degree felony and two counts of retaining stolen property (fire-arms); both fourth-degree felonies.

Shaun Paglinawan, 44, of Gallup was charged with trafficking of a controlled...

GETTING THEIR STORIES STRAIGHT
Gallup, Nov. 4

A black Dodge Charger was seen driving too close to a semi truck near mile marker 20 on Interstate 40, where McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Salazar performed a traffic stop.

Salazar approached the vehicle and met the two occupants, Scott Blodgett, 46, and Adam Lafrance, 50, no address given for either man. After asking them to exit the vehicle to speak with him, Salazar noted the occupants began to talk to each other frantically, as though they were making sure they had the same story.

Blodgett told Salazar they were coming from San Jose, Calif., where they had finished a paint job. Salazar then spoke with Lafrance and...

Lane Begaye
Aug. 28, 5:32 am
Aggravated DWI (Third)
A gray Honda positioned for a turn at the intersection of Ford Avenue and Highway 66 did not respond to a solid green light or a left arrow. Gallup Police Officer Dominic Molina pulled up to the car and looked inside. He saw the driver slouched over asleep at the wheel with the vehicle in drive. The driver’s foot was on the brake pedal. The doors were locked. Molina saw a half-empty bottle of Kinky liquor in the center console.

A driver behind the Honda had been flashing its lights and honking its horn.

Officer Jarad Albert arrived with stop sticks. As Molina went to get a kit to unlock the car, the Honda started moving...

ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions has placed the Healthy Workplaces Act and reemployment services in a position of priority as it constructs its Fiscal Year 2023 budget request to the Legislative Finance Committee.

Acting Cabinet Secretary Ricky Serna’s Nov. 18 request, totaling a little over $122, 000,000, focuses on collaborations between state agencies on increasing the participation of the labor force, including youth and veterans, and economic reopening.

NMDWS, Labor Relations Division has been authorized to coordinate implementation and enforcement of House Bill 20, the Healthy Workplaces Act. The department is requesting $900K in legislative...