The scene of a rollover accident at Fifth Street and Mesa Avenue April 9. Despite the dramatic scene, Gallup Police Department Capt. Marinda Spencer said there were no reported injuries. Photo Credit: Knifewing Segura

Kamra Frank

April 10, 4:30 am

3rd DWI, Aggravated

McKinley County Sheriff’s Dep. Paul Davis said he was dispatched to the intersection of state roads 400 and 118 in reference to a car parked in the middle of the road with the driver inside asleep.

When he got to the site, he found the driver, Frank, 32, of Iyanbito asleep at the wheel with the engine running. He said he reached inside and turned off the engine and had to make several attempts to wake up the driver.

When he finally got her awake, he said she appeared to be disoriented. He said he could also smell the alcohol in the vehicle. He asked her for her driver’s license and she shook her head.

When she got out of...

Handcuffed to a fence

3/29, Continental Divide

When Glenn Slaughter discovered a Thoreau man trespassing in his Continental Divide store, he knew he had to detain him until a sheriff deputy arrived. So he handcuffed him to a fence post.

When McKinley County Sheriff’s Dep. Ivan Tsethlikai Jr. arrived at the Indian Village Gift Shop on State Highway 122 March 29, he found Duane Yazzie, 49, of Thoreau handcuffed to a fence near the store.

Glenn Slaughter, co-owner of the store, told the officer that when Yazzie entered his store, he recognized him from a previous incident where he was told not to come back to the store.

He said when he informed Yazzie he was trespassing, he...

Derrick Benally

March 31, 4:40 pm

DWI, Aggravated

McKinley County Sheriff’s Dep. Eric Jim said he was dispatched to State Highway 264 west of Yah-ta-hey in connection with a report of a Chevy truck that was said to be weaving on the highway.

Jim said he found the vehicle headed east on Highway 264 at about the 15 mile marker, followed it and observed it crossing over to the right shoulder and conducted a traffic stop.

When he approached the driver, Benally, he said he saw signs of him being intoxicated and asked where he was coming from. Benally said he was going home from work.

After admitting he had one drink before driving, Benally, 31, of Brimhall, agreed to...