Driver drank 15 beers before getting behind the wheel

A Gallup Police Officer appeared to be in critical condition after a two-vehicle collision with a driver who may have been drunk.

Officer Timo Molina traveled to the crash site near the intersection of Maloney Avenue and North Fifth Street. He arrived at the scene and saw members of the Gallup Fire Department working to free Officer Iris Martinez from her unit, which had sustained heavy damage to the driver’s side by a black Ford F-150.

Molina approached the truck, finding a miniature 99 Bananas on the floorboard and a smell of alcohol coming from inside the vehicle. He met Lieutenant Francie Martinez, who had arrived at the...

Jeffrey Jishie
Dec. 19, 1:44 pm
Aggravated DWI

A vehicle crash occurred near the intersection of U.S. Highway 491 and Highway 608, led to multiple calls to Metro Dispatch. One of those came from someone who claimed they were rear-ended by the suspect vehicle.

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Terence Willie was dispatched to the scene and found the two vehicles that had collided. A gray Ford F-250 had rear-end damage and a brown Nissan Altima had front-end damage.

The driver of the F-250 said they had pulled to a stop light and saw the Altima coming up behind them quickly. The vehicles collided, after which the driver of the Altima, identified as Jeffrey Jishie, 28, no address...

CAUGHT WITH METH
Gallup, Oct. 8

A man admitted to Gallup Detox faced additional trouble when he was found with a small bag containing an illegal substance.

Gallup Officer Cindy Romancito was informed by a Public Service Officer that Wade Wilson, 26, of Window Rock, Ariz. had been admitted into Gallup Detox when one of the staff discovered a small bag of clear crystals he had.

The bag was taken to Gallup Police Department and the substance was tested and confirmed to be methamphetamine. The report stated Wilson would be summonsed into Magistrate Court for carrying a prohibited controlled substance. Wilson remained at Gallup Detox following a breath sample of .32.





 

AGGRESSIVE...

WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ.—Members of the 24th Navajo Nation Council marched from the Navajo Nation Museum along Highway 264 and Indian Route 12 to the Council Chambers for the 2022 Winter Session, Jan. 24.

The walk was organized to bring awareness to National Human Trafficking Prevention Month and to memorialize the lives of the Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives across the Navajo Nation.

Around 30 people joined Council Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty, Madam Chair Eugenia Charles-Newton, Council Delegate Charlaine Tso, and Council Delegate Nathaniel Brown, for the two-mile march from the Navajo Nation Museum to the Council Chambers. A press conference was held with various guest speakers...