By Staff Reporters

Edgar Shirley

Nov. 30, 2020, 7:45 pm

DWI (Second)

On his way to Del Taco, Edgar Shirley, 58, was pulled over for turning from the wrong lane without using a turn signal. McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Terence Willie approached the driver and told him the reason for the stop and Shirley told him they were just hungry, according to sheriff’s reports. Shirley then told Willie that he had no license, insurance, or registration.

Willie saw an open can of Keystone in the cup holder and noticed Shirley had watery eyes and smelled of alcohol. He asked Shirley to step out of the vehicle.

“I can’t, I have a wheelchair,” Shirley told Willie. “I had my leg...

Last Week, Arizona Homeland Security contacted the Gallup Police Department in reference to their agency obtaining an arrest warrant for Binghua Yang of Gallup.

Yang, 59, the operator of Chinese Young Massage at 2712 West Hwy. 66 in Gallup, was was arrested without incident on charges of conspiracy, illegal control of an enterprise, money laundering in the second degree, and operating or maintaining a house of prostitution.

GPD Capt. Erin Toadlena-Pablo requested that media questions about the case be directed towards Arizona Homeland Security.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more details become available.

A multi-agency effort led to the early morning arrest of alleged wanted murderer Josiah Smith in Gamerco.

The McKinley County Sheriff's Office, Gallup Police Department, and the FBI were able to locate Josiah Smith, 27, from Smith Lake, on Aug. 21 around 7 am.

According to McKinley County Undersheriff James Maiorano, Smith had an outstanding warrant for a murder that was connected to a shooting that happened in Church Rock earlier this year. That case is being handled by the FBI.

Smith was taken into custody without any incident or injury.

On May 17 Smith allegedly shot and killed a man by firing into a window from outside a Church Rock home.

Smith is an enrolled member of the Navajo...

A man who had been convicted of the rape of a child in Pennsylvania was found in Gamerco on Aug. 20 around 3:30 pm.

The McKinley County Sheriff's Office had been given a photo of Andres Cortez, 40, and his information so that they could be on the look out for him. According to McKinley County Undersheriff James Maiorano, Cortez had an outstanding warrant from Pennsylvania because he hadn't registered as a sex offender and he broke his parole by fleeing to New Mexico.

"We worked diligently with the U.S. Marshals Service to track this guy down and get him back to prison, where he belongs," Maiorano said in a statement given to the Sun.

McKinley County Sheriff's Deputy Johnson Lee was the...