![Angela Quam](/images/resized/images/news/2024/478_may31/29_100_100.jpg)
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...