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WEEKLY DWI REPORT

Friday, 08 October 2021 04:30 Staff Reports

Derrick Thompson
Aug. 6, 3:00 am
DWI

A white Ford F-150 swerved across Interstate 40 and got off at exit 26, where a witness called into Metro Dispatch and Gallup Officer Vincent Thompson was dispatched to the scene.

Thompson found the vehicle near 2600 E. Hwy. 66 and made a traffic stop. He met the driver, Derrick...

October checkpoints announced by NMSP, Gallup Police

Friday, 08 October 2021 04:30 Staff Reports

With a new month, come new checkpoints.

The Gallup Police Department which is a member of the McKinley County DWI Task Force, will be setting up DWI checkpoints in Gallup to ensure that drivers are not operating vehicles under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Drivers outside the city will find checkpoints on their routes, too.

The New Mexico State Police will be conducting sobriety checkpoints; saturation patrols; and registration, insurance and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during the month of October.

NMSP hopes to reduce alcohol-related fatalities through continued media attention. The agency wishes to change societal attitudes about drinking and...

Navajo man in federal court facing charges for murder in Indian Country

Thursday, 07 October 2021 18:49 gallupsun

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Quinten Smith, 21, of Mexican Springs, N.M., and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was charged in federal court on Oct. 4 with murder in Indian Country. Smith will remain in custody pending trial.

According to a criminal complaint, on Sept. 24, Smith and others allegedly went to the home of the victim, identified as John Doe, to confront him. When they arrived at the home, a physical altercation allegedly ensued. During the fight, Smith allegedly stabbed the victim multiple times in the back with a pocketknife. Smith and the others allegedly fled the home immediately.

John Doe, who was also an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was found deceased in...

Missing teen

Friday, 01 October 2021 14:38 gallupsun

Joycelynn Miller was reported missing on 09/29/2021, she was last seen in the area of Ceder Hills Apartments at 7:45 in the morning.  She was last seen wearing all black clothing (T-shirt, Dickies pants and Vans shoes). She is 15 years of age, height 5'02", weight 120 pounds, brown eyes and red in color hair.
If you have any information on her whereabouts please contact Metro dispatch at (505) 722-2002 or Detective Rodriguez at (505) 863-1314.

Party becomes murder scene

Friday, 01 October 2021 05:06 Gallupsun Staff

Teenage serviceman killed

By Beth Blakeman
Managing Editor

A 19-year-old Diné
U. S. Army SPC lost his life at a party two years ago. On Sept. 27, the then-17-year-old accused of killing him will be in Albuquerque Children’s Court.

Isaiah Villanueva was a half-Navajo New Mexico native who joined the U. S. Army at the age of 17. He was accepted to train with security forces and signed up for six years.

But about two-and-a-half years in, Villanueva attended a party in Albuquerque. He was fatally shot there.

It was June 27, 2019, when two 17-year-olds identified as Angel Grado and Timothy Malek arrived at a party on Quetzl Drive SW in Albuquerque armed with guns.

During the...