Suspect booked for two counts of battery upon a police officer

McKinley County Sheriff’s Dep. Anthony Morales headed to the 500 block of Chino Road in Gamerco March 19 after a woman reported that Adrian K. Chavez, 31, “was going to kill her.”

Morales was familiar with Chavez. The two “have had previous incidents,” according to the police report, and Morales was aware that Chavez had mental health issues.

As he was driving to the latest incident, Morales spotted Chavez heading northbound on Crystal Avenue, and turned his car around to approach him. Exiting the car, Morales heard Chavez say, “Pop this white boy,” and then pointed his finger towards him, according to...

ALBUQUERQUE – Joclyn Telles, 35, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced March 20 in federal court to 60 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for her methamphetamine trafficking conviction.

Telles and co-defendant Joshua Nestle, 26, also of Las Cruces, were arrested in February 2017, and were charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.

The complaint also charged Nestle with being a felon in possession of a firearm and with using and carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime. According to the criminal complaint, the defendants committed the crimes on June 29, 2016, in Doña...

Two area men were killed in a two-car accident that occurred north of Gallup on U.S. Highway 491 March 16.

Pronounced dead at the scene were Jordan Harvey, 19, of Tohatchi, and Nathan Damon, 49, of Yah-Ta-Hay.

According to McKinley County Sheriff’s Dep. James Garylie, the accident occurred about 6:50 pm near the entrance to the Shell Gas Station on Tohlakai road, some 10 miles north of Gallup.

Harvey and Damon were both in a vehicle driven by Jowell Jameson, 19, of Yah-Ta-Hay. The other vehicle was driven by Geraldine Haley, 49, of Vanderwagen, who had her 14-year-old son in the car with her.

Garylie said when he got to the scene, deputies were in the process of removing Jameson...

The McKinley County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on John Howard, 32, who officers believe was involved in the theft of two flat bed trailers from the Thoreau area Feb. 17 and 19.

Howard is roughly 5’8”, weighing 210 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Officers are also seeking information on the location of Howard’s black Dodge double cab pickup truck, which has a New Mexico license plate numbered 112-TPF.

Anyone with information is asked to contact MCSO Sgt. Robert Turney at (505) 722-8514.

By Abigail Rowe

Sun Editor