The McKinley County Sheriff’s Office is looking for three Native American men who participated in the break-in of a home in Gamerco and shot one of the occupants in the foot.
The incident occurred around 1 am April 11.
Andrew Howe, 27, who lives on Cascade Street in Gamerco, said he and Ashley Tom, 21, along with other...
Public Safety
Police Activity Report
A lot of fire
4/10, Gamma Street
A McKinley County Sheriff’s deputy stepped in and put out several brush fires discovered near the Cedar Ridge Trailer Park.
Dep. Salina Brown said she was on patrol around 5 pm when she came across a man and woman near the trailer park pouring bottles of water on a brush fire. They told Brown they had just driven up and saw the fire, which they thought may have been caused by someone throwing a cigarette out of their car window.
Brown said she reported the incident to Metro Dispatch as she pulled out her fire extinguisher from the back of her unit and started using it on the fire. As the man and woman left the scene, they pointed out...
4/10, Gamma Street
A McKinley County Sheriff’s deputy stepped in and put out several brush fires discovered near the Cedar Ridge Trailer Park.
Dep. Salina Brown said she was on patrol around 5 pm when she came across a man and woman near the trailer park pouring bottles of water on a brush fire. They told Brown they had just driven up and saw the fire, which they thought may have been caused by someone throwing a cigarette out of their car window.
Brown said she reported the incident to Metro Dispatch as she pulled out her fire extinguisher from the back of her unit and started using it on the fire. As the man and woman left the scene, they pointed out...
WEEKLY DWI REPORT
Kamra Frank
April 10, 4:30 am
3rd DWI, Aggravated
McKinley County Sheriff’s Dep. Paul Davis said he was dispatched to the intersection of state roads 400 and 118 in reference to a car parked in the middle of the road with the driver inside asleep.
When he got to the site, he found the driver, Frank, 32, of Iyanbito asleep at the wheel with the engine running. He said he reached inside and turned off the engine and had to make several attempts to wake up the driver.
When he finally got her awake, he said she appeared to be disoriented. He said he could also smell the alcohol in the vehicle. He asked her for her driver’s license and she shook her head.
When she got out of...
April 10, 4:30 am
3rd DWI, Aggravated
McKinley County Sheriff’s Dep. Paul Davis said he was dispatched to the intersection of state roads 400 and 118 in reference to a car parked in the middle of the road with the driver inside asleep.
When he got to the site, he found the driver, Frank, 32, of Iyanbito asleep at the wheel with the engine running. He said he reached inside and turned off the engine and had to make several attempts to wake up the driver.
When he finally got her awake, he said she appeared to be disoriented. He said he could also smell the alcohol in the vehicle. He asked her for her driver’s license and she shook her head.
When she got out of...
Weekly Police Activity Report
Handcuffed to a fence
3/29, Continental Divide
When Glenn Slaughter discovered a Thoreau man trespassing in his Continental Divide store, he knew he had to detain him until a sheriff deputy arrived. So he handcuffed him to a fence post.
When McKinley County Sheriff’s Dep. Ivan Tsethlikai Jr. arrived at the Indian Village Gift Shop on State Highway 122 March 29, he found Duane Yazzie, 49, of Thoreau handcuffed to a fence near the store.
Glenn Slaughter, co-owner of the store, told the officer that when Yazzie entered his store, he recognized him from a previous incident where he was told not to come back to the store.
He said when he informed Yazzie he was trespassing, he...
3/29, Continental Divide
When Glenn Slaughter discovered a Thoreau man trespassing in his Continental Divide store, he knew he had to detain him until a sheriff deputy arrived. So he handcuffed him to a fence post.
When McKinley County Sheriff’s Dep. Ivan Tsethlikai Jr. arrived at the Indian Village Gift Shop on State Highway 122 March 29, he found Duane Yazzie, 49, of Thoreau handcuffed to a fence near the store.
Glenn Slaughter, co-owner of the store, told the officer that when Yazzie entered his store, he recognized him from a previous incident where he was told not to come back to the store.
He said when he informed Yazzie he was trespassing, he...
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