Public Safety
McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Dep. Johnson Lee was dispatched to the Alonzo Court area in Thoreau on Dec. 17 after reports that a group of people were yelling out plans to burn down a house in the trailer park. The report came in at about 1:48 am. Lee spoke to a resident of the park at the scene, who pointed him to a...Public Safety
Weekly police activity report Dec. 22, 2017
McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Dep. Johnson Lee was dispatched to the Alonzo Court area in Thoreau on Dec. 17 after reports that a group of people were yelling out plans to burn down a house in the trailer park. The report came in at about 1:48 am. Lee spoke to a resident of the park at the scene, who pointed him to a...WEEKLY DWI REPORT
Carmelita Ann DarwinDec. 7, 10:44 pm
1st DWI, Aggravated
It was late at night on U.S. Highway 66 when a vehicle ran a stoplight and almost hit Gallup Police Department Officer Victor Madrid’s patrol car. When Madrid pursued the vehicle to conduct a traffic stop, he noticed it swerving side to side and traveling northbound in the southbound lane, according to the police report.
The car came to a stop at Boyd Avenue and Patton Drive, where Madrid encountered Darwin, 41, whose breath smelled strongly of alcohol, according to the police report. Madrid asked Darwin for her license and registration but she “was eating McDonalds fries and did not answer [him] back,”...
Window Rock man found deceased on east side
the first open-area death of the seasonGallup Police Department officials believe the death a man found on Gallup’s east side Dec. 8 may be exposure related.
Police responded to a call on a report of a dead body south of KFC east, 2504 E. Highway 66, shortly after 11 am.
The man was later identified as Ambrose Lincoln, 65, of Window Rock, Ariz. His body was found behind a shed.
Police didn’t give an estimated time of death, but this likely marks the first open-area death of the winter season.
“It looks like weather played a factor, but his body has been sent to OMI [Office of the Medical Investigator] in Albuquerque for autopsy,” GPD Capt. Marinda Spencer said.
Lincoln...
Kayenta man sentenced to 37 months for drunk driving death
PHOENIX – On Dec. 12, Morris Singer, 54, of Kayenta, Ariz., and a member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Judge Stephen M. McNamee to 37 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. Singer had previously pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
The case involved Singer driving his vehicle while intoxicated. The victim, also a member of the Navajo Nation, was the passenger in Singer’s vehicle. Singer lost control of the vehicle and it rolled several times, ejecting the victim. The victim died from injuries sustained from the crash, which occurred within the Navajo reservation.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the...
The case involved Singer driving his vehicle while intoxicated. The victim, also a member of the Navajo Nation, was the passenger in Singer’s vehicle. Singer lost control of the vehicle and it rolled several times, ejecting the victim. The victim died from injuries sustained from the crash, which occurred within the Navajo reservation.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the...
Man caught red-handed trying to steal vehicle
A police officer caught a man trying to hotwire a car at TravelCenters of America, 3405 W. Highway 66, Dec. 8.Gallup Police Department Officer John Gonzales responded to the call shortly after 11 am. The suspect was reportedly trying to break into a vehicle at U Save Truck Stop, 3405 W. Highway 66, when the call came in.
With the help of a passerby, police located the suspect Ruben Pena, Jr. at TA, across the street from U Save.
Gonzales drove up to the teal-colored car that Pena was sitting in. The front and rear windshields were broken out. He had the fuse panel open, and “it appeared that Ruben Pena, Jr. was trying to hot wire the vehicle,” the report states.
The officer...
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