Staff Reports

Tyler Thomas Begay

Feb. 21, 5:18 am

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Gallup Police Department Officer Victor Madrid was dispatched to 3016 Belle Dr. after another officer reported a man throwing rocks at houses. Madrid encountered Begay, 25, at the scene, who was sitting in the driver seat of his car and appeared intoxicated, according to the police report. Begay admitted to drinking “three shots a while ago at the movies,” according to Madrid’s report. The officer could smell alcohol coming off of the man.

Madrid had Begay participate in field sobriety testing, in which he showed signs of intoxication. Madrid asked Begay if he had only had the shots to drink, and Begay then...

The McKinley County Sheriff’s Office is looking for Khadjha Keams, 22, after a bench warrant was issued for her arrest.

Keams had been arrested on Aug. 28, 2017 on charges of unlawful taking of a motor vehicle and two counts of larceny. A resident of Window Rock, Ariz., Keams may be on the Navajo Reservation.

If she is found on reservation land, the Navajo Nation has already approved extradition, according to the sheriff’s office.

Keams had been facing aggravated battery with a deadly weapon charge back in October, 2016 but court records said this case was discharged two months later.

Anyone with information about Keams’ whereabouts can call sheriff chief investigator Merle...

An Arlington, Ariz. man was arrested Feb. 15 by Gallup Police in connection with a bank robbery in Gallup.

Casey Erin Davenport, 41, was charged with robbery and tampering with evidence.

According to the criminal complaint filed against him, Gallup Police were dispatched to the Wells Fargo Bank, 300 West Aztec Ave., about 1:46 pm in connection with a bank robbery.

Bank officials told police that an older man, described as being about 5 feet, 8 inches in height with green eyes and wearing a cowboy hat and a blue and white striped shirt, had walked into the bank, went to one of the tellers, and demanded money.

White gave him an unspecified amount of money and he then left the bank...

A clerk at a Gallup gas station was transported to the hospital after being stabbed during an armed robbery late in the afternoon Feb. 15.

Two Native American males entered the convenience store at Mustang Conoco, 3302 W. Highway 66, about 5:20 pm, and attempted to run out with beer, heading north from the station. One of the clerks was stabbed in her ribs, and another man standing on the side of the business said the outside of his wrist was sliced by the robber for no reason.

Eric Michael Begaye, 24, of Mentmore has been arrested on charges of aggravated battery, tampering with evidence and robbery.

Gallup Patrolman Justin Foster said police questioned several men after the robbery...