It took multiple days for police to track down a man and a woman who allegedly robbed a gas station.

On June 27, Gallup Police Officers were dispatched to Speedway North, 701 U.S. Hwy. 491, because of a robbery. A store clerk gave Officer Dominic Molina a descriptions of a male and female suspect, but officers weren’t able to find anyone in their search of the area.

A day later on June 28, officers were called back to the gas station. The gas station’s manager told the officers that the man and woman involved in the previous night’s robbery were walking by the nearby Pizza Hut. The manager said the woman was wearing a blue jacket with black pants and the man was wearing a...

KICKING AND SCREAMING

Gallup, June 30

A Churchrock man was getting booked into the Gallup Detox Center when he allegedly became violent with the officers and was arrested for battery upon a peace officer.

On June 30, around 2:36 pm, Gallup Police Officer Jerald Watchman was transporting an intoxicated man to the Gallup Detox Center when another man at the detox center lashed out at him and other officers.

Officer Daniel Brown was escorting Elroy Johnson, who began yelling obscenities. The officers told Johnson, 43, to wait outside a door, but he continued to yell at Brown and Public Service Officer Wilma Seciwa.

The detox center’s employees tried to keep things orderly, but...

Featured DWI

Larry Yazzie

May 23, 12:03 am

DWI (Fourth)

A wide turn and near collision in downtown Gallup led to Larry Yazzie, 49, of Mentmore, being arrested for his fourth DWI.

Gallup Officer Vincent Thompson was patrolling near the intersection of Aztec Avenue and Second Street when he saw a blue Chevrolet car drive from the parking lot of Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe at 306 S. Second St., making a wide turn onto Aztec Avenue and driving westbound. The Chevrolet swerved across the yellow line as it approached the intersection of Fifth Street and Aztec Avenue.

The suspect vehicle continued to Munoz Overpass, where it merged and traveled northbound, nearly colliding with the...

A man was arrested after he allegedly hit a young girl outside of a local gift shop and threatened the store owner with a gun.

On June 23, around 1:14 pm, Gallup Police Officer Darius Johnson was dispatched to 1506 S. Second St., Crazy Joe’s Store, because a man reportedly had a handgun.

When he arrived at the scene, Johnson met with the manager of the store, who said a man wearing khaki-colored pants, a gray shirt, and red sunglasses pulled a gun on him. The manager stated that he saw the man, who was later identified as Armondo Eddie, hitting a young girl, and yelling at her.

According to Johnson’s report, the manager walked to the front of his business and told Eddie, 38, to...