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Compliance program updated for Jail Authority Board

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The Jail Authority Board reviewed the McKinley County Adult Detention Center’s intakes at its Feb. 23 meeting.

Christopher Sice, the misdemeanor compliance program manager for McKinley County, guided the board through the compliance report.

He reported that $4,419 had been collected for the DWI program, and that $5,676.17...

Navajo man charged with sexually abusing a child

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ALBUQUERQUE — Manison Largo, 41, of Church Rock, N.M., and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, made an appearance on March 1 in federal court where he is charged with sexually abusing a child younger than 16. Pending trial, Largo will be released to a halfway house when space is available.

According to a criminal complaint,  Largo allegedly sexually abused the victim on multiple occasions, beginning in approximately 2017. The victim is also an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. During the course of the alleged abuse, which occurred at Largo’s residence in Church Rock, on the Navajo Nation, the victim was under 12 years old.

The victim was able to borrow a phone and called...

This table represents a 7-day period of Gallup Police Dept. incident calls.

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FEB. 24- MAR 2

INCIDENT TYPE

NUMBER OF CALLS

Intoxicated Person

206

Welfare Check

173

Traffic -related

107

Police Request

72

Domestic

58

Alarm

43

Law

39

Disorderly Subject

24

Accident

23

Attempt to Locate

13

All other calls including shots fired, disputes, burglary, assault, vandalism, etc.

213

 

WEEKLY DWI REPORT

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Truman Taylor Begay

Feb. 27, 5:04 pm

DWI

After Metro Dispatch received a call of a possible drunk driver traveling north on U.S. Highway 491 in a white SUV, McKinley County Deputy Terence Willie said he would watch for it since he was parked near the four mile marker.

Willie began to search for the vehicle and spotted it traveling at a high rate of speed northbound near the seven mile marker. The SUV merged onto State Highway 264 and Willie began following it. It exceeded 63 mph in a 55 mph zone.

Willie pulled the SUV over near the five-and-a-half mile marker. He conducted a traffic stop and made contact with the driver, Truman Begay, 28, of Piñon, Ariz. As he spoke with the...

$5,000 reward for information

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The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information  leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for the death of Isiah Terrell Billy.

On Oct. 5,  Billy was found dead in a wash east of the Sinclair gas station near mile marker 23 on U.S. Highway 64, in Shiprock, New Mexico.

The cause of death is pending but considered suspicious.

Billy, who was 30 at the time, lived in Shiprock, on the Navajo Nation.

The FBI and Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety are investigating the case.

Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI at (505) 889-1300 or go online at tips.fbi.gov.

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