Second name released

Police are still no closer to identifying the cause of death of the man and woman discovered in a field Jan. 17.

Gallup Police were dispatched to the area of Pershing Street and Grandview Avenue at 5:30 pm on that date.

The woman found there has been identified as Patricia Holtsoi, 62, of Gallup.  The male has been identified as Duane Bates, 57 of Gallup. The relationship between the two is unknown.

While the Gallup Police Department says there are no signs of foul play, it is noted that there was snow in the area on Jan. 16.

However, until results come back from the Office of the Medical Investigator, no conclusions on cause of death will be announced.

 

Poinsettia Bitsuie

Jan. 11, 6:45 am

DWI

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Savannah Williams said she was dispatched to a one-vehicle automobile crash at the intersection of Crestview Road and New Mexico Highway 118.

When she got there, Poinsettia Bitsuie, 26, of Window Rock, and her mother were standing a few feet from the vehicle.

Bitsuie said she was the driver. Williams said as she approached the vehicle, she could smell the alcohol coming from inside so she asked Bitsuie if she had been drinking.

Bitsuie admitted to having had a couple of drinks about 5 pm the previous night. She agreed to take the standard field tests, which she failed when she was observed swaying during...

Hit-and-run victim dies of injuries

CROWNPOINT -  The Navajo Division of Public Safety is seeking the public’s assistance for information regarding a hit-and-run incident that occurred in the early morning hours of Jan. 23.

The Navajo Police Department received a call at 2:39 am from a motorist who found the victim, a 71-year old man, sitting alongside the eastbound lane on BIA Route 11 in Pinedale, N. M. The man told the motorist that he was hit by a vehicle, but could not provide additional information. He was transported to the local hospital, where he later died from his injuries.

The Division of Public Safety is seeking the public’s assistance for any information that will...

Paul Acevedo, 58, of Gallup, and Cassandra Diaz, 26, of Gallup were arrested Jan. 29,  after Gallup Police detectives searched their homes at 602 and 604 S. Fourth St. in Chihuahuita. Agents investigating Acevedo discovered he was selling heroin out of his residence.

Acevedo was charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance: Heroin (a felony). He has faced past charges including receiving or transferring a stolen motor vehicle and failure to pay dependent support.

Diaz was arrested on an outstanding bench warrant issued out of Cibola County Magistrate Court for failing to appear in court on a Hit-and-Run charge. Diaz has a charge from March 2017 for an...