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In custody: Crownpoint man arrested for stabbing murder

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Gallup Police Department Detectives arrested Montoya Johnson of Crownpoint on a warrant for first degree murder and tampering with evidence Sept. 27.

According to the arrest warrant, Johnson, 42, allegedly stabbed Raymond Peshlakai on the 600 block of south Second Street Sept. 23 – south of the old post office and north...

Weekly Police Activity Report

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GPD Warrants

Donavan Barney (District Court), Roshern Cadman (Out of County), Brandon R. Chee (Magistrate Court-Battery on a Household Member, and District Court-Failure to Pay Child Support), Christina James (District Court), Nathan King (Municipal Court-2 Warrants), Sky R. Lee (Out of County), Jonthan Mann (Failure to Appear), Bobby A. Manuelito (Magistrate Court-2), Melanie M. Nashboo (Magistrate Court), Christopher Sam (Parole/Probation), Ryan W. Thompson (Out of County), and Felix H. Torrez, Jr. (Magistrate Court).

MCSO Warrants

Sheldon Morris, Jamie Platero, William Watchman, and Danathan Willie.

Police Activity

An alert McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Paul Davis...

WEEKLY DWI REPORT

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Staff Reports

Michael Wilson

09.24.17, 10.34

Agg. DWI, 1st Offense

Dispatched to the Thoreau area at the I-40 exit 53 ramp, to watch for a possible drunk driver, Metro Dispatch advised McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Paul Davis Jr. that the suspect was now at milepost 55. Davis then proceeded eastbound to that location and made contact with the vehicle at milepost 57. The vehicle was swerving from side-to-side, crossing the white-painted dotted lines and the white solid shoulder lines on the roadway.

The vehicle did not stop immediately, traveling another quarter mile before coming to a complete stop. Wilson, 51, agreed to a field sobriety test but he...

GPD to host ‘Coffee with a Cop’ Oct. 4

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A program that offers opportunity for the public to meet local officers, and discuss community issues, will take place at the Gallup Coffee Company Oct. 4.

Officers from Gallup Police Department, and community members, will come together in an informal, neutral space to discuss community issues, build relationships, and drink at the “Coffee with a Cop” event.

Coffee with a Cop provides a unique opportunity for community members to ask questions and learn more about the department’s work in Gallup’s neighborhoods.

The majority of contacts law enforcement has with the public happen during emergencies, or emotional situations. Those situations are not always the most effective...

Police Activity Report

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In a relative slow week, the Sheriff’s Department wrote some 116 citations for the bulk of the law enforcement work. There were several warrants to serve as well, including nine for one man, all from Municipal Court.

GPD Warrants

Cordell Bahe (Magistrate Court), Erin Becenti (Municipal Court), Victoria A. Begay (Failure to Appear), Ronald Joseph Benner (Magistrate Court), Leroy Copi (Magistrate Court), Wendy K. Curley (District Court and Municipal Court), Dominic Garcia (Parole/Probation), Latanya Hoskie (Municipal Court), Rudy Martinez (Municipal Court), Derrick Mitchell (9 from Municipal Court), Scotty Kine Morgan (Magistrate Court), Chauntaey Saucedo (Fugitive from Justice), Dana...

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