Man charged with child endangerment

A Church Rock man is facing numerous charges after being found intoxicated in a vehicle with two 16-year-old, and one 17-year-old teen, who were also reported to have been intoxicated.

Gallup City Patrol Officer Cindy Romancito noted there was a glass pipe in the vehicle, and an open miniature bottle of whiskey.

Avery Norton, 24, has been charged with his second DWI, possession of drug paraphernalia, three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor as well as four traffic violations.

He was arrested at about 9:45 pm on July 20, on the 300 block of West Maloney Avenue when Romancito reported seeing him run through a stop sign.

She said...

It began with a call that two men and a woman were seen fighting in a driveway on Draco Street in Gamerco about 3 am on July 22. When McKinley County Sheriff Deputy Nacona Clark responded to the call, she saw Rachael Begaye exit the vehicle.

Clark described Begaye as being hysterical, screaming at her to arrest her boyfriend,  Damien Herrera, 30, of Gamerco. Her face was covered in blood. Herrera was sitting in the car so Clark told him to get out and then placed him in handcuffs.

Begaye told Clark that Herrera had been fighting with his brother, Joe Trujillo, and she was trying to calm him down when he turned on her, hitting her several times in the face and trying to choke...

KINDNESS BETRAYED

7/22, Gallup

Monte Sam told Gallup police that when Tyler Wauneka, 24, of Gallup approached him about 11:30 am on July 22, asking for money, he tried to be accommodating.

He said Wauneka first came up to him and asked for a dollar so he gave it to him. Then he asked for another dollar, so Sam gave that to him as well. At that point, Sam said, Wauneka grabbed him and punched him a couple of times and grabbed his wallet and took off.

He said he tried to grab his wallet back but he failed. When Gallup Patrolman Julio Yazzie heard the story, he asked where Wauneka Wauneka was, and said that he ran off; however, Yazzie was able to track him down near the...

Michael R. Clarke

July 23, 4:16 am

DWI

It was about 3:50 am when Metro Dispatch received a call from a motorist who said he was on U.S. Highway 491 and was reportedly witnessing a car swerving on the highway.

Deputy Clayton Etsitty said he found the suspect vehicle parked at Gas Max, north of Gallup,  and approached the car from the passenger side and asked the driver, Michael Clarke, 32, of Fort Defiance to roll down the window. Instead, Etsitty said, Clarke locked the door.

When he was finally able to speak to Clarke he asked him how much he had to drink and Clarke reportedly said just the beer that was in his lap. He asked Clarke to get out of the car.

He agreed to...