A Gallup Police Department officer was arrested for aggravated battery on Nov. 20 by the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office, following a call that was made by a nurse at the Gallup Indian Medical Center.

Gallup Police Officer Ransom Lee William James of Vanderwagen, N.M. was arrested at his home in the Zuni Mountain Apartments in Fort Wingate as Deputy Sheriff Josie Bowman was following up with her investigation after interviewing the female victim at the hospital.

Booking records show that James was booked into McKinley County Adult Detention Center sometime after 7:30 pm. The report lists James as 27-years-old, with a physical description of 6’3” and 210 lbs.

The victim...

Bobby Caldwell was released from jail mid-November, after being charged with allegedly kidnapping a disabled woman and forcing her into a sex act Oct. 22.

McKinley County Sheriff’s Inv. Robert Turney said the victim, who at was first hesitant to tell police that she was forced into the sex act, said Caldwell talked her into going with him to pick up his other vehicle in the Pinedale area that was recently repaired.

The arrest warrant report states that Caldwell, 28, was a trusted person – friends with her husband and stepmother’s son. And out of all the people who could help him retrieve his other car, she was the only one with a driver’s license.

However, things didn’t go...

Leland H. Ashley, 38,  is wanted for questioning regarding the Oct. 23 District Court bomb threat. If you know of his whereabouts, please call Inv. Robert Turney at the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office at (505) 722-7205.

Randy Mann

11/15: A McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was dispatched to Williams Acres over a domestic dispute early in the morning.

The 4:46 am call to Deputy Roxanne Slim informed her that a suspect had possibly thrown a victim out of a window, according to the police report. After arriving on the scene and speaking with the victim, 26, Slim found the suspect, Randy L. Mann, 28, inside the house.

The window to the residence was indeed broken, but the victim told Silm that she had broken it herself trying to escape the residence. She also told the deputy, “I believe he did try to keep me inside to keep me from leaving and from calling the cops,” according to the...