GLASS THROWER

6/16, Gallup

You meet all kinds of people at motels in Gallup, including people like Euronika Descheny.

Descheny, 26, of Gallup got into an argument on June 16 with the manager of the Zia Motel, 915 East Highway 66 and came out of it being arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and criminal damage to property.

Gallup Patrolman Daniel Brown was dispatched to the motel just after midnight because of a complaint by the owner and manager of the motel, Bilweshkumar Patel. When he got to the motel, Patel appeared to be afraid and the person he was afraid of was Descheny.

Patel told Brown that he found Descheny in one of the rooms and told her she had to...

Herbert Kee Yazzie

June 6, 3:42 pm

Aggravated DWI

The arrest of Hebert Kee Yazzie, 60, of Ganado was by the book, so to speak.

The McKinley County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a suspicious car, so a deputy was assigned to investigate and Yazzie was seen turning into the T&R feed store lot north of Gallup without using a turn signal.

He admitted to drinking to drinking “some” liquor that night, failed the field sobriety test and was arrested. He agreed to take a breath alcohol test and when the first sample came up with a .21 reading, he refused to take a second.

Deputies also found two open pints of vodka on the driver’s side floorboard so he was also...

Ryan Westman was back in the news this week for reportedly trying to get associates to retaliate against a witness.

Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Amanda Romero, 29, of Gallup and Benjamin Gonzales, 25, of Gallup for conspiracy.

Westman is currently residing in the McKinley County Adult Detention Center, charged with multiple charges, including murder. But before he was brought back to Gallup, he was sitting in the San Juan County Jail after he attempted to avoid arrest by fleeing to Farmington where he was later arrested by U.S. Marshals.

According to a police report filed in the McKinley County Sheriff”s Office, Robert Turney, a sheriff investigator, suspicion had...

A 30-year-old Native American man is in stable condition Thursday after being stabbed June 20 at the Safeway Supermarket.

Gallup Police Captain Marinda Spencer said details were still limited since the report on the incident had not come in, but call logs indicated that the victim had received moderate injuries as a result of a confrontation with the suspect who then fled after the stabbing.

His condition when medical personnel arrived on the scene was serious, she said, adding that he had to be treated for uncontrollable bleeding.

She added that the police have a suspect in custody who was being questioned Thursday morning but no charges had been filed at that time.