The legal limit is .08

Queena M. Kien

Dec. 24, 3:11 am

Aggravated DWI

Kien, an Emergency Room nurse at Gallup Indian Medical Center, had the tables turned on her when she crashed her vehicle on NM 118 at 1-40 exit 33. No other cars were involved in the wreck, McKinley County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Roxanne King stated in her report.

Kien, 36, said that she had worked a 12-hour shift and fell asleep at the wheel, missing the exit. King noted that Kien had bloodshot, watery eyes and reeked of alcohol, but she initially denied having anything to drink. Paramedics, who knew her by first name, checked on her physical condition. Kien advised them that she was OK.

King asked...

DINE AND DASH

1/3, GALLUP

Well, maybe this seemed like a fun thing to do when you were about 16, but no fun for servers and business owners. And it’s a crime. This didn’t stop Dewayne Yazzie, 49, though, from giving it a shot at the east side Denny’s.

A server approached MCSO Deputy Merlin Benally as he fueled up his patrol unit at the nearby Shell gas station on Hwy 66. The server had caught up with Yazzie inside of the convenience store. He dined, then dashed from a $6.66 ticket.

He was booked for falsely obtaining services.

BEAT FOR A GOOD DEED

1/1, YAHTAHEY

McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Johnson Lee was dispatched to Palm Harbor Homes in reference to a...

A man wearing a black Albuquerque Dukes baseball cap tried to rob a northeast Albuquerque bank on Tuesday and fled in a black Chevy Malibu.



The suspect is described as a white male, possibly Hispanic, in his late 20s, and approximately 5'6" to 5'9" tall, with a slender build. He had a short beard. He wore a black baseball cap with a blue Dukes logo, a black sweatshirt, baggy black pants, and eyeglasses.



At approximately 3 pm, the suspect walked into Wells Fargo, located at 156 Juan Tabo Blvd. NE. He gave a teller a note that demanded money, but the suspect left without any cash. The suspect crossed Juan Tabo Blvd. NE, walked westbound on Linn Avenue NE, and got into the...

El Morro Theatre manager moves up the ranks

Jennifer Lazarz, the manager of the El Morro Theatre, has been hired as Gallup’s tourism and marketing manager, city officials confirmed. Gallup Deputy City Clerk Alicia Palacios said Lazarz, a native of Illinois, was recently confirmed for the tourism job.

Klo Abeita, the city’s human resources director, said the city won’t be looking to hire a new theatre manager as the position is now under the umbrella of the tourism and marketing manager.

“Lazarz will continue to oversee the the El Morro Theatre as well as the (Rex) museum,” Abeita said.

As theatre manager, Lazarz earned $46,000 a year, but in her new position, effective...