Gallup Sun

STOLEN IDENTITY
Ramah, Aug. 30

A woman who was missing her weekly unemployment benefits from her state issued card, received a text message on Aug. 24 suggesting she log in to a website to verify her identity.

She followed the instructions and said the site she reached looked like the New Mexico Work Force Solutions page.

But when she got there the page froze.

She called N.M. Work Force Solutions Aug. 30 and learned there had been cases of fraud.

The text message came from (936) 514-8952.

The bank for the fraudulent checking account was confirmed to be Wells Fargo BK NA Iowa.

The woman was asked to sign a fraud affidavit and file a report, which she did, for McKinley County...

Not a lot is known about the male found unresponsive outside of Big Cheese Pizza, 1516 E. Hwy. 66, Sept. 15.

Gallup Police were called to the scene at 8 am that day and were followed by emergency units. The male was deceased. His identity is unknown.

No foul play is suspected in this incident.

 

This table represents a seven-day period of Gallup Police Dept. incident calls September 8 - September 14

INCIDENT TYPE

NUMBER OF CALLS

INTOXICATED

305

WELFARE CHECK

241

TRAFFIC-RELATED

89

POLICE REQUEST

83

ALARM

50

DOMESTIC

50

LAW

46

ACCIDENTS

44

DISORDERLY SUBJECT

44

BATTERY

41

ROUTINE PATROL

39

LARCENY

23

All other calls including.

attempt to locate...

Rachel Livingston
Sept. 4, 3:24 pm
DWI (Second)

A black pickup truck pulled up near the spot where McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Terence Willie was stationed and informed him that a Ford bearing a temporary license plate had almost struck him while traveling north on Highway 602.

Willie traveled on the highway and found a tan Ford Contour which fit the description parked alongside the road. He pulled over and met with Rachel Livingston, 52, of Gallup. She showed signs of being intoxicated and told Willie she did not have her vehicle documents with her.

Livingston then sped off from the scene and Willie followed her, turning onto Catapia Canyon Road, where Livingston’s...

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, First Lady Phefelia Nez, and Second Lady Dottie Lizer joined Miss Navajo Nation 2019-2021 Shaandiin Parrish, as she crowned the 2021- 2022 Miss Navajo Nation, Niagara Rockbridge of Tselani/Cottonwood and Pinon communities, during a live virtual coronation ceremony at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Ariz. on Sept. 11.

Niagara Rockbridge is Kinyaa’áanii (Towering House), born for Hashk’ hadzohi (Yucca Fruit-Strung-Out-In-A-Line), her maternal grandparents are Naakai dine’é (Mexican Clan), and her paternal grandparents are Tó’áhani (Near the Water Clan). Her parents are Deborah and Gary Rockbridge.

“On behalf of the Navajo...