
A man stole a Navajo Transit worker’s phone and is now facing charges of larceny, criminal trespassing, and tampering with evidence.
On March 29, around 1:45 pm, Gallup Police Officer Aaron Marquez was dispatched to the Walmart at 1650 W. Maloney Ave. after a Navajo Transit bus driver called Metro Dispatch and said a man, who was later identified as Raymond Metteba Jr., stole his phone.
When Marquez arrived at the scene he met with the bus driver, who explained that he arrived at the Walmart bus stop about 15 minutes ago. While people were getting on the bus, Metteba stepped on and told him that the bus’s back tire was leaking air.
The bus driver got off the bus to check out the...