The man discovered dead by a passerby Jan. 18, at mile marker 16 – the westbound Interstate 40  on-ramp – was identified by Gallup Police as  47-year-old Michael Chance of Sanders, Ariz.

GPD Det. Billy Padavich released Chance’s name Jan. 22, and said his body was transported to the Albuquerque Office of the Medical Investigator for an autopsy.

“Detectives arrived on scene (Jan. 18), and processed the male individual and the scene and found no outward signs of foul play,” Padavich said. “The results of the autopsy is unknown at this time.”

Kenny Keyonnie

Jan. 12, 2:58 am

Aggravated DWI (first offense)

McKinley County Sheriff Deputy Frank Villa Jr. said he responded to a call from a security guard at the Travel Centers of America on West Highway 66 about a man passed out behind the steering wheel of his vehicle at one of the center’s pumps.

Before he reached the site, he was told that that driver had woken up and was seen heading west on Highway 66. As he was headed in that direction, he noticed a vehicle parked in front of the McKinley West Fire Station with the driver’s side door open.

This turned out to be the vehicle in question, and the driver was still in the vehicle. Villa said he noticed that the...

SEARCH FOR TWO ASSAILANTS

Jan. 11, Gallup

Gallup Police are looking for two men who reportedly attacked two Gallup teenage girls on Jan. 11.

The two girls told police they were walking eastbound on Aztec Avenue about 2 pm. when they were approached by two men who began hitting them for no reason. One girl said she was punched several times in the face while the other said she was hit twice before the men got into their vehicle and drove away.

Neither girl said they knew either their attackers. Police searched the area for the suspect vehicle but were unable to find any suspects matching the girls’ descriptions.

 

HOT CHECK PRESSURE

Jan. 8, Gallup

A Gallup man was arrested...

Gregory Littleman

Dec. 30, 12:50 am

Aggravated DWI

Gallup Police Patrolman Daniel Brown was on regular patrol when he said he saw a vehicle on the I-40 ramp at the 20-mile marker sitting facing the wrong way. He said he went up to the vehicle and as he did, the driver attempted to reverse, so he yelled at him to stop and he did.

Brown went up to the driver’s side and began talking to Littleman, 21, of Window Rock. Littleman was smiling and his head was bobbing back and forth and he showed signs of being intoxicated.

Littleman was directed to exit the vehicle and said he couldn’t so he was asked again. When he did exit the vehicle, he almost fell down. He was asked if he...