Gallup police responded to a call about a reported stabbing just after noon Feb. 21.

Gallup Police Capt. Marinda Spencer said GPD officers responded to a call about a fight at a bus stop on Kachina Street. When they got there, they found two men fighting.

One of the men received a cut on his arm while the other had what appeared to be a cut to the forehead.  Spencer said the cut on the forehead does not appear to be from a knife and may have been caused by the man falling down or hitting his head on something.

Both men have been transported to a local hospital. As of 5 pm the day of the stabbing, no arrests had been made and police had not released the names of the two men.

A THOREAU MYSTERY

2/20, Thoreau

McKinley County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for the men responsible for stealing a trailer from Elkins Pawn Shop in Thoreau Feb. 20.

It was on that date that Dick Elkins reported to the sheriff’s office that someone walked up to the gate on his property and cut the lock, while another man drove into his lot, and then the first man hitched a trailer to his vehicle. The pair of thieves then drove away, taking the trailer with them.

Video surveillance indicated that the man who cut the lock was about five feet, ten inches tall and was heavy set. The driver of the vehicle never got out, so there is no identification on him.

The stolen...

Kimberly Benally

Feb. 5, 12:04 am

DWI, Aggravated

Just after midnight, Metro Dispatch received a report of a reckless driver on Interstate 40. The caller said she was just going past Iyanbito when she saw a vehicle almost hit a U-Haul truck.

McKinley County Sheriff’s deputies set up at Milepost 35 and saw the vehicle as well as the caller go by. MCSO Dep. James Garylie said he began following the suspected vehicle and observed him going over the centerline so he initiated a traffic stop.

When he went up and spoke to Benally, she said that she was coming back from Albuquerque and was tired, but Garylie said he smelled the odor of intoxicating liquor coming from the...

Ryan Westman, who is facing charges in both McKinley and San Juan counties, remains incarcerated in the San Juan County jail as of Feb. 14, as the courts in both counties decide who will try him first.

Since he is facing first-degree murder charges in McKinley County as opposed to charges dealing with a police pursuit in San Juan County, McKinley County is expected to get the first bite. But when that will happen is still undetermined.

It also appears that Westman, 25, will have to get new legal representation since his current attorneys with the Law Offices of the Public Defender are saying it will pose a conflict of interest for the Gallup agency to continue representing him.

John...