TIGHT LIPPED

9/9, Ya-ta-hey

The most the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office could say about what happened to a man on Sept. 9 is that he was injured. How and by whom is still a mystery, as the victim wouldn’t say.

He was found walking along U.S. Highway 491, just south of Yah-ta-hey, at about 2:30 am by MCSO Deputy Jasmine Jaramillo, who noticed his face was covered with lacerations.

When Jaramillo asked what happened, the victim said he came to on the highway after he was beaten by several people he did not know. He refused to say anything more, so Jaramillo called for an ambulance.

Later that day, she called the Gallup Indian Medical Center to do a follow-up interview...

TIGHT LIPPED

9/9, Ya-ta-hey

The most the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office could say about what happened to a man on Sept. 9 is that he was injured. How and by whom is still a mystery, as the victim wouldn’t say.

He was found walking along U.S. Highway 491, just south of Yah-ta-hey, at about 2:30 am by MCSO Deputy Jasmine Jaramillo, who noticed his face was covered with lacerations.

When Jaramillo asked what happened, the victim said he came to on the highway after he was beaten by several people he did not know. He refused to say anything more, so Jaramillo called for an ambulance.

Later that day, she called the Gallup Indian Medical Center to do a follow-up interview...

Loren Watchman

Sept. 2, 2:19 am

Aggravated DWI

Gallup Police Department Officer Francis Collins said he was on regular patrol when he saw a car run a stop sign.

When he approached Watchman, 31, of Window Rock, Collins immediately noticed signs of intoxication, so when the driver admitted he had consumed alcohol before driving, Collins asked him to take a field sobriety test.

Watchman said he was taking codeine for a pain in his right knee but pointed to his left knee. He took the test and failed; he claimed he had stomach pains. He refused to take a breath alcohol test.

Armondo Eddie

Sept. 1, 8:44 pm

Aggravated DWI

GPD Officer Brandon Salazar said he and another officer...

TOSSED IN TSE

9/4, Tse Bonito

Apparently, getting thrown out of a moving vehicle is not that big a thing to a Klagetoh, Ariz. man who refused to tell McKinley County Sheriff’s Office deputies who tossed him onto the street.

MCSO Deputy Jasmine Jaramillo said she was dispatched to the Giant Gas Station at Tse Bonito about 8 am on Sept. 4, where she met a middle-aged man. Medical personnel were treating the man, who had blood on his face.

Jaramillo reported that the victim was highly intoxicated but lucid enough to tell her who threw him out of the car.

“Yes, it was my friend but I will take care of it,” he told her.

According to the victim, the car was going about 25 miles per...