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Weekly Police Activity Report

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VANDALISM AT SPEEDWAY

Vanderwagen, June 5

When a Speedway employee arrived at work she walked in on a broken surveillance system and a mess around the store.

On June 5, around 6:21 am, McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Cecil Sanders was dispatched to the Speedway at 1068 State Hwy. 602 in Vanderwagen.

When Sanders...

Man sentenced to 30 years in shooting death of Navajo Police Officer

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ALBUQUERQUE — Kirby Cleveland was sentenced in federal court for the shooting death of Navajo Police Officer Houston James Largo in March 2017. Largo was shot on March 11. He died on March 12.

Largo responded to a domestic violence call in Prewitt. He was 27 years old at the time.

Officer Largo was with the Navajo Police Department for five years and was a recipient of the Lifesaving Award and the 2016 Indian Country Officer of the Year. He was also employed with the Gallup Police Department where he received the City Officer of the Year in 2011. Officer Largo served with the Crownpoint Police District.

Cleveland pleaded guilty in 2019 to the second degree murder of Largo. He...

WEEKLY DWI REPORT

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Kerley Biggs

April 1, 2020, 2:22 pm

Aggravated DWI (Second)

When a gray Chrysler was seen parked at 1710 Elm Cir. with a reportedly intoxicated driver, Gallup Police Officer Justin Benally was dispatched to the area.

The driver backed his vehicle into Benally’s unit and began to leave. Officer Benally followed.

He was located near Mile Marker 16 of Highway 602. When Benally made contact with the driver, he was identified as Kerley Biggs, 30 at the time.

Biggs refused to get out of the car and reached to start the vehicle. Benally told him not to start the car and to get out. Biggs placed the car in drive. Benally said to put it in park and not leave.  Benally said he noticed that...

Navajo Police searching for convicted felon

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SHIPROCK, N.M. - Navajo Police Department Shiprock District is currently attempting to locate convicted felon, Kendale Johnson, 31, who is wanted on a federal arrest warrant for possession of a firearm. Johnson is also a person of interest involving multiple car thefts and home invasions that has occurred within the Shiprock police district.

On July 14 at about 8:25 pm, the Shiprock Police District was engaged in two separate vehicle pursuits in Shiprock, N.M. Johnson is believed to have been in one of the vehicles. The pursuits ended with the occupants abandoning the vehicles, resulting in a foot search of the area which led to the apprehension of five individuals.

The...

Weekly Police Activity Report

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BAD VACATION SURPRISE
Yatahey, June 13

A couple came back from a vacation and discovered that some of their belongings were missing and other items were scattered about.

They concluded that someone, possibly their landlord, had broken into their house.

On June 13, around 11:12 am, McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Davis Jr. was dispatched to 18 S. La Bah in Yatahey.

When he arrived at the scene, he spoke to the people who lived at the house. The man stated they had been on a week-long vacation out of state and when they returned around 8:00 pm the night before, they had found things out of place and some items gone, such as jewelry and some cash.

The victim said the man who...

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