The FBI and Rio Rancho Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance to identify the Bandit in Black, who robbed New Mexico Bank & Trust located at 4001 Southern Blvd. in Rio Rancho around 4:30 pm on July 5.

The Bandit in Black is reportedly a man who is about six feet tall. He has a medium build, and was last seen wearing an entirely black outfit, including shoes, pants, a hoodie, gloves, and a mask that covered his entire face.

The suspect entered the bank waving a black handgun and demanded money from the teller. The teller handed over an undisclosed amount of money to the suspect. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to the arrest and...

Gallup Police are asking for the public's help in locating a man named Isaac Dominguez.

Dominguez is five feet and eight inches tall, and weighs about 150 pounds. He is 37 years old.

He has an open District Court Warrant with Nationwide extradition for failure to comply on the original charges of first degree murder (willful and deliberate), second degree murder, and receipt, transportation or possession of a firearm or destructive device by a felon.

If located, call Metro Dispatch at (505) 722-2002 or Gallup Police Detective Michael Eley at 505-726-5466.

A man is facing charges after he stole a car from a local Taco Bell parking lot.

On June 26 around 1:30 am McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Frank Villa Jr. met with a man who was tracking his stolen car via the Toyota app. The man who stole the vehicle was later identified as Alrite Halote.

When Villa met with the victim the man told him that the vehicle’s last known location was Gamerco. The vehicle was eventually found at the intersection of Diamond Avenue and Bench Street.

As Villa was driving to the location, he noticed a bald Hispanic man wearing a red backpack on his shoulders walking along the street. After he found out the vehicle was empty, Villa went back to the man...

Featured DWI

Jim Paul Long

June 20, 3:14 pm

Aggravated DWI (Third)

Failing to secure a water tank on their vehicle led to a Continental Divide man, Jim Long, 44, being stopped and arrested for his third DWI.

New Mexico State Police Officer Matthew Williams was on patrol on Interstate 40 when he observed a large white object blocking the road, causing several vehicles to have to swerve to avoid it. He identified the object as a water tank, and that a white pickup truck was trying to back up to retrieve it.

Williams used his vehicle’s push bumper to move the tank to the shoulder of the road and then followed the white truck, pulling it over near mile marker 41. He met...