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Tommy Nodestine

Sept. 6, 9:55 pm

DWI (Third)

A Shonto man, Tommy Nodestine, was stopped by a county officer for driving erratically. He was eventually arrested and charged with his third DWI.

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Marquez was patrolling southbound on U.S. Highway 491 near mile marker 2 when he saw a red and white pickup truck. The truck was swerving across the road, unable to maintain its lane. Marquez pulled the vehicle over near Aztec Auto, 1315 U.S. Hwy. 491, and conducted a traffic stop.

He met the driver, Nodestine, 67, who reportedly stated multiple times during questioning that he had not consumed any alcohol. Marquez stated that...

As the public is on high alert due to multiple school shooting threats floating around online, an 18-year-old high school student was caught by Navajo Police with a pellet gun during the Chinle High School Homecoming dance in Chinle, Ariz.

The Navajo Police Department was conducting a security check during the Homecoming dance on Sept. 28 when they received a report of a possible armed student at the event.

Additional officers responded and searched the area. The student was located carrying a pellet hand gun and arrested.

This incident is still under investigation.

Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact the NPD Chinle District at (928)...

“SPIDERS OR WEED”

Gallup, Sept. 5

A McKinley County Sheriff’s deputy found a man hanging out in a ditch with some drug paraphernalia. He said he had only found it, but he’s now facing charges.

On Sept. 5 while on duty, McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Valle met a man named Nathaniel Joe in the ditch next to the SpringHill Suites, which is located at 1025 W. Lincoln Ave.

While Valle was speaking to Joe, 51, he noticed that the man had some aluminum foil with a black burnt-like substance on it. When Valle asked him about it, Joe said he was picking up trash. He was also reportedly holding a small metal pipe.

According to Valle’s report, Joe said he was holding...

After Facebook posts began popping up saying that local law enforcement had caught the person[s) responsible for online threats about potential school shootings, McKinley County Sheriff James Maiorano III said that information is false.

On Sept. 26 posts started appearing online stating that local police had found and arrested the person allegedly responsible for the online threats.

Mairoano said he believes that rumor may have started when the Gallup Police Department made an appearance at Miyamura High School on Sept. 26. Officers took two boys off a school bus to be questioned about social media posts they wrote.

However, the boys were not the original posters of the threat, and...