Gallup Sun

Derrick Thompson
Aug. 6, 3:00 am
DWI

A white Ford F-150 swerved across Interstate 40 and got off at exit 26, where a witness called into Metro Dispatch and Gallup Officer Vincent Thompson was dispatched to the scene.

Thompson found the vehicle near 2600 E. Hwy. 66 and made a traffic stop. He met the driver, Derrick Thompson, 27, of Houck, Ariz., whom he said had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. Derrick Thompson admitted to having had a couple drinks several hours prior to driving as he handed over his license. He agreed to take the standard field sobriety tests, but performed poorly and was placed under arrest.

Derrick Thompson agreed to give a breath sample and was transported...

With a new month, come new checkpoints.

The Gallup Police Department which is a member of the McKinley County DWI Task Force, will be setting up DWI checkpoints in Gallup to ensure that drivers are not operating vehicles under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Drivers outside the city will find checkpoints on their routes, too.

The New Mexico State Police will be conducting sobriety checkpoints; saturation patrols; and registration, insurance and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during the month of October.

NMSP hopes to reduce alcohol-related fatalities through continued media attention. The agency wishes to change societal attitudes about drinking and...

Week ending Friday, September 24, 2021


Climate Dithering

Despite promises by world leaders to curb the greenhouse gases responsible for the worsening climate emergency, the UN warns that the world is now on track to heat up to dangerous levels. Inaction by industry and governments to reduce carbon emissions now means there is likely to be a rise of 2.7 degrees Celsius this century above preindustrial levels, according to Patricia Espinosa, the UN’s chief climate negotiator. Climate experts had hoped to keep the temperature rise to only 1.5 degrees, thus avoiding the worst consequences of global heating. “The disruption to our climate and our planet is already worse than we...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Quinten Smith, 21, of Mexican Springs, N.M., and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was charged in federal court on Oct. 4 with murder in Indian Country. Smith will remain in custody pending trial.

​According to a criminal complaint, on Sept. 24, Smith and others allegedly went to the home of the victim, identified as John Doe, to confront him. When they arrived at the home, a physical altercation allegedly ensued. During the fight, Smith allegedly stabbed the victim multiple times in the back with a pocketknife. Smith and the others allegedly fled the home immediately.

John Doe, who was also an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was found deceased in...