Plea agreement recommends 140-month prison sentence
ALBUQUERQUE – Joshua Nestle, 26, of Las Cruces, N.M., pled guilty June 7 in federal court to methamphetamine trafficking charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Nestle will be sentenced to 140 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be...
Public Safety
MULTIPLE OFFENDER DWI REPORTS
Mack Ramone
5.10.17, 10:19 pm
3rd DWI, Aggravated
Ramone, 35, of Smith Lake, NM, was arrested by Gallup Police Department Officer Andrew Thayer when he was dispatched to 1650 West Maloney. Thayer spotted the suspect pulling into 1020 W, Maloney and proceeded to do a welfare check on all of the occupants. Thayer asked Ramone if he had been drinking and he replied that about an hour previous he had consumed a lot of alcohol at Sports Page. Video and Audio was recorded during this interaction.
Suspect refused to take a Standard Field Sobriety Test and was transported to WalMart where he was identified by two security officers as the person who was intoxicated at the...
5.10.17, 10:19 pm
3rd DWI, Aggravated
Ramone, 35, of Smith Lake, NM, was arrested by Gallup Police Department Officer Andrew Thayer when he was dispatched to 1650 West Maloney. Thayer spotted the suspect pulling into 1020 W, Maloney and proceeded to do a welfare check on all of the occupants. Thayer asked Ramone if he had been drinking and he replied that about an hour previous he had consumed a lot of alcohol at Sports Page. Video and Audio was recorded during this interaction.
Suspect refused to take a Standard Field Sobriety Test and was transported to WalMart where he was identified by two security officers as the person who was intoxicated at the...
Weekly Crime Blotter
BRASS KNUCKLE BEATING
6/6, Thoreau
A woman intervened when she saw a man getting punched out by another man, allegedly with brass knuckles near Thoreau Baptist Church, 87 State Highway 371.
Dennalle Charley tackled suspect Joshua Jim, 23, and “tied him up on the ground,” according to McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Merlin Benally’s report.
After Benally took an initial report from Charley, she left the scene. Benally traded out Jim’s tied hands with handcuffs and interviewed the victim, 50-year-old Jefferson Jim, who said that his nephew Joshua Jim’s behavior caught him off guard.
The two were sipping on some beers near the church when Joshua Jim “sat on top...
6/6, Thoreau
A woman intervened when she saw a man getting punched out by another man, allegedly with brass knuckles near Thoreau Baptist Church, 87 State Highway 371.
Dennalle Charley tackled suspect Joshua Jim, 23, and “tied him up on the ground,” according to McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Merlin Benally’s report.
After Benally took an initial report from Charley, she left the scene. Benally traded out Jim’s tied hands with handcuffs and interviewed the victim, 50-year-old Jefferson Jim, who said that his nephew Joshua Jim’s behavior caught him off guard.
The two were sipping on some beers near the church when Joshua Jim “sat on top...
DWI First Time Offenders
NAME: Courtney N. Billy
AGE: 24
BOOKED: 5/15/17
NOTES: Agg. DWI; Cons./Poss. Alcohol in Vehicle
NAME: Julian Douglas Towne
AGE: 40
BOOKED: 5/14/17
NOTES: Agg. DWI; Cons./Poss. Alcohol in Vehicle
NAME: Dennis Joe Brown
AGE: 38
BOOKED: 5/11/17
NOTES: Open Container
NAME: Rupert Lee Billie
AGE: 25
BOOKED: 5/6/17
NOTES: Agg. DWI; Cons./Poss. Alcohol in Vehicle
NAME: Adrianne Yazzie
AGE: 35
BOOKED: 2/10/17
NOTES: Agg. DWI
NAME: Gabriel King
AGE: 22
BOOKED: 2/10/17
NAME: Kyle R. Clah
AGE: 30
BOOKED: 2/10/17
NAME: Richelle L. Shorty
AGE: 28
BOOKED: 2/9/17
NOTES: Agg. DWI/ Open Container
Red Mesa man pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter charge
ALBUQUERQUE – Lelander Mays, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Red Mesa, Utah, pled guilty in federal court in Albuquerque to an involuntary manslaughter charge June 7.
Mays was arrested in Dec. 2016, on a criminal complaint charging him with involuntary manslaughter. According to the complaint, Mays killed a man when Mays crashed his vehicle on Dec. 6, on the Navajo Indian Reservation in San Juan County. At the time of the crash, Mays was driving under the influence of alcohol and the victim, who was a passenger in Mays’ vehicle, was thrown from the vehicle.
Mays was subsequently indicted on Dec. 20, and charged with involuntary manslaughter.
During...
Mays was arrested in Dec. 2016, on a criminal complaint charging him with involuntary manslaughter. According to the complaint, Mays killed a man when Mays crashed his vehicle on Dec. 6, on the Navajo Indian Reservation in San Juan County. At the time of the crash, Mays was driving under the influence of alcohol and the victim, who was a passenger in Mays’ vehicle, was thrown from the vehicle.
Mays was subsequently indicted on Dec. 20, and charged with involuntary manslaughter.
During...
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