The Gallup Police Department is investigating the death of two individuals who were found dead this past weekend at 613 West Hill Ave.

They have been identified as Richard Boss, 62, address unknown, and Naomi Chan, 38, of Gallup.

Chan worked as a police reporter for the Gallup Sun for a brief period in 2017. She had moved to the area from Washington state, and was an aspiring writer.

Medical personnel and police detectives were called to the scene about 12:23 pm June 30. Police said the bodies were found by a caretaker who came by the house.

When police inspected the home, they found that Chan had died some time after Boss, but no information has been made public as to the reason for...

GLASS THROWER

6/16, Gallup

You meet all kinds of people at motels in Gallup, including people like Euronika Descheny.

Descheny, 26, of Gallup got into an argument on June 16 with the manager of the Zia Motel, 915 East Highway 66 and came out of it being arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and criminal damage to property.

Gallup Patrolman Daniel Brown was dispatched to the motel just after midnight because of a complaint by the owner and manager of the motel, Bilweshkumar Patel. When he got to the motel, Patel appeared to be afraid and the person he was afraid of was Descheny.

Patel told Brown that he found Descheny in one of the rooms and told her she had to...

Herbert Kee Yazzie

June 6, 3:42 pm

Aggravated DWI

The arrest of Hebert Kee Yazzie, 60, of Ganado was by the book, so to speak.

The McKinley County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a suspicious car, so a deputy was assigned to investigate and Yazzie was seen turning into the T&R feed store lot north of Gallup without using a turn signal.

He admitted to drinking to drinking “some” liquor that night, failed the field sobriety test and was arrested. He agreed to take a breath alcohol test and when the first sample came up with a .21 reading, he refused to take a second.

Deputies also found two open pints of vodka on the driver’s side floorboard so he was also...

Ryan Westman was back in the news this week for reportedly trying to get associates to retaliate against a witness.

Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Amanda Romero, 29, of Gallup and Benjamin Gonzales, 25, of Gallup for conspiracy.

Westman is currently residing in the McKinley County Adult Detention Center, charged with multiple charges, including murder. But before he was brought back to Gallup, he was sitting in the San Juan County Jail after he attempted to avoid arrest by fleeing to Farmington where he was later arrested by U.S. Marshals.

According to a police report filed in the McKinley County Sheriff”s Office, Robert Turney, a sheriff investigator, suspicion had...