The man responsible for a string of Halloween robberies is currently at large, Gallup Police Department Captain Marinda Spencer said at press time, Nov. 10.

He’s wanted on a $10,000 cash-only bond.

Travis Pinto, 23, of Vanderwagen, faces three counts of robbery, seven counts of false imprisonment and one count of tampering with evidence following a string of armed robberies on Oct. 31.

In all, he made off with an iPad Pro and an undisclosed amount of cash.

The first robbery occurred just after 6 pm, when employees at the AT&T store on 815 Metro Ave called police with a report of a masked man with what appeared to be a handgun robbing the store. Reportedly, the man later identified...

A Gallup woman, arrested Nov. 1 as the result of a drug investigation and raid, was bonded out of jail 24 hours later, records show.

Terri Medina, 43, was jailed at the McKinley County Adult Detention Center on possession of a controlled substance with the intent to traffic and possession of drug paraphernalia charges. Medina got out of jail Nov. 2 on a $5,000 bond, according to jail records.

Marinda Spencer, public information officer at the Gallup Police Department, said Medina’s arrest came after a three-month investigation in which several controlled buys of methamphetamine were done by undercover informants. The GPD and the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office participated in...

Is detox center out of the financial woods, though?

The Gallup City Council unanimously approved a $1 million operational allotment related to the Na’nizhoozhi Center, Inc. The action took place at the Oct. 25 regular city meeting and was introduced by City Manager Maryann Ustick.

The agreement takes effect July 1, 2016 so that the city can utilize Behavioral Health Investment Zone funding for detoxification services in fiscal 2017, according to information distributed at the meeting.

“The state will allow the city to back a bill for the detoxification services since the Behavioral Health and Investment Zone Strategy was not approved by the state until Oct. 10, 2016,”...

Staff Reports

The legal limit is .08

Christopher R. James

Oct. 29, 5:56 pm

DWI

Gallup Police Department Officer Ryan Blackgoat was dispatched to 501 South Patton Dr. in reference to an accident with injuries. At the scene, according to his report, Blackgoat and a supporting officer made contact with a man slumped over the passenger seat of a stopped Chevy car. The man smelled strongly of alcohol.

According to the report, a female witness said the man in the car was the vehicle’s driver, and he’d wanted to fight her. Apparently, the man had been fighting with two men, and when those men left the scene, the suspect drove up to her vehicle and began to yell. According...