Alice Perez, executive director of The Community Pantry and Hope Garden, was present at the Oct. 15 McKinley County Board of Commissioners meeting because she knew commissioners were scheduled to discuss a budget increase to cover the purchase of a semi-truck that would help the pantry extend its mobile food bank in the...County talks budget hike to pay for semi-truck for community pantry
Alice Perez, executive director of The Community Pantry and Hope Garden, was present at the Oct. 15 McKinley County Board of Commissioners meeting because she knew commissioners were scheduled to discuss a budget increase to cover the purchase of a semi-truck that would help the pantry extend its mobile food bank in the...Weekly Police Activity Reports
CHILD ABUSEYah-ta-hey, Oct. 15
McKinley County Sheriff Deputy Monty Yazzie said he was dispatched to a house in Yah-Ta-Hey about 11:46 pm Oct. 15 after a woman called in saying her daughter was abusing her child.
Yazzie said when he arrived at the residence, all the lights were out, but when he knocked on the door, he thought he heard a dog whimpering inside. As the whimpering continued, he said he realized it was coming from a small child.
At that point, a woman, later identified as Taylor Natonie, 26, opened the door. Yazzie explained why he was there and Natonie asked who had called the police and Yazzie told her it was her mother.
He said Natonie showed signs of being...
FBI, Zuni Pueblo Police investigate homicide of Tyrell Bellson
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for the death of Tyrell J. Bellson.
Bellson’s body was found near Highway 53 near mile marker 20, on Zuni Pueblo, N. M., on Sept. 24.
He had likely been dead for several days. Bellson, of Zuni Pueblo, was 35 years old at the time of his death.
The FBI and the Zuni Pueblo Tribal Police Department are investigating.
Anyone with information regarding this homicide is asked to call the FBI at (505) 889-1300, or may submit tips at tips.fbi.gov.
WEEKLY DWI REPORT
Larry Lee Jr.Oct. 10, 3:50 am
Aggravated DWI (Third offense)
McKinley County Sheriff Deputy Jeremy Shirley said he was dispatched to the 28 mile marker of State Highway 602 in reference to a vehicle that went off the roadway into a ditch.
When he got there, he found another officer who had arrived earlier and found Larry Lee Jr., 34, of Gallup, passed out behind the wheel of his car, which was in drive and still running. The officer put the car into park and woke Lee.
Lee showed signs of being intoxicated and agreed to take the standard field sobriety tests to show he was capable of driving. He failed the tests and was arrested for DWI.
He later agreed to take a breath alcohol...
AG Balderas announces cold case against accused child molester will go to trial
ALBUQUERQUE - New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas announced Oct. 17 that San Juan County Magistrate Court Judge Rena Scott found probable cause to believe Bennie Earl Wabbington committed four first-degree felonies in 2008 and 2009 by sexually assaulting his then-girlfriend’s daughter.The young woman - still a minor - testified at the preliminary hearing in Farmington Oct. 16 against the man charged with molesting her when she was a young child.
"Protecting our children from violent, sexual predators is absolutely the top priority for my office," Balderas said. "I commend the young survivor and her family for having the courage to face her aggressor head on, and I look...
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