A man is facing charges of criminal sexual contact in the fourth degree after he allegedly tried to rape a young girl.

Multiple Gallup Police Officers were dispatched to Hillcrest Trailer Park after someone called Metro Dispatch to report a burglary around 10 pm on March 13.

According to her report, when Officer Iris Pinero arrived at the scene she noticed a broken window near the front of the trailer. A voice called to Pinero from the front door, which was slightly ajar. A woman walked out of the front door and identified herself as the victim’s sister. She said that “one of her homies” owned the trailer. The person was later identified as Jayson Russell.

The woman said that...

A man has died after being struck by a train in the area of Third Street and U.S. Highway 66 March 14.

Metro Dispatch received the call around 1:45 pm.

When Gallup Police officers arrived at the scene they met with multiple witnesses who said that the man had tried to climb over one of the train’s couplings, which is what holds the train’s cars together, while the train was stopped.

But when the train began to move again, the man was caught underneath the locomotive.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

In an interview with the Sun Gallup Police Chief Erin Toadlena-Pablo said that the man had no identification on him at the time of the incident. An autopsy will need to be...

Services set for March 27

A New Mexico State Police Officer who was shot and killed on Interstate 40 will be laid to rest on March 27.

NMSP Officer Justin Hare’s funeral services will be held at 11 am at the Legacy Church at 7201 Central Ave. NW in Albuquerque.

The service will be open to the public, and all law enforcement agencies are encouraged to send representatives. Anyone wanting to donate flowers can do so by sending them to Daniel’s Family Funeral Services, 4310 Sara Rd. Rio Rancho, N.M. 87124. There will not be a procession after the funeral.

KOB 4 spoke to a woman who says she knows Hare’s family.

“I knew the family, I knew him, you know, he was a nice person...

A 51-year-old man from Zuni has plead guilty to sexual abuse against children after he allegedly touched two girls who were under the age of 9 years old in a sexual manner.

According to publicly available court records, between Sept. 2l, 2000, and Sept. 20, 2001,  Rodney Waikaniwa intentionally touched his first victim with the intent of gratifying his own sexual desire. At the time, the victim was only about 8 years old. Between Jan. 1, 2013, and Dec. 31, 2015, Waikaniwa, an enrolled member of the Zuni Pueblo, intentionally touched a second victim with the same sexual intent. At the time, the second victim was approximately 6 years old.

A federal grand jury indicted Waikaniwa on May...