NAME: Merlinda Friday

AGE: 41

BOOKED: 7/13/17

 

NAME: Celeste A. Manuelito

AGE: 27

BOOKED: 7/5/17

NOTES: Agg. DWI

 

NAME: Trista Fern Benally

AGE: 24

BOOKED: 7/5/17

NOTES: Agg. DWI / Accident - damage to vehicle

 

NAME: Ben Lorenzo, Jr.

AGE: 41

BOOKED: 4/22/17

NOTES: Agg. DWI / Speeding

 

NAME: Samantha K. Manuelito

AGE: 48

BOOKED: 4/22/17

NOTES: Agg. DWI / Open Container

 

NAME: Ella Charles

AGE: 49

BOOKED: 4/19/17

NOTES: Open Container

 

NAME: Matthew Scott

AGE: 45

BOOKED: 4/6/17

NOTES: Open Container

 

NAME: Becky Martinez

AGE: 33

BOOKED: 4/9/17

NOTES: Agg. DWI

Everette Begay

07.24.17, 1:01 pm

Aggravated DWI, 3rd

McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Tammy Houghtaling was dispatched to the west end of town in an attempt to locate a teal colored Pontiac that was heading west on Hwy. 118 near the Motel 6. She was advised that the driver was DWI and had a 30-pack of beer in the vehicle.

After driving erratically over curbs and making wide right hand turns, the vehicle came to a stop on County Road 1.

Sgt. Houghtaling contacted the driver, identified as 40-year-old Begay of Ganado, AZ. The driver stated he had no driver’s license, registration, or insurance card since he had just purchased the vehicle from Troy’s Auto, but...

A Gallup man booked June 29 for improper handling of fire and arson remains in custody as of July 20.

Jerry Brown, 18, came under the suspicion of Gallup police as they investigated an enclosed trailer fire June 17, at 314 Zecca St., which GPD Det. John Yearly noted in his report “that the fire was human caused and non-accidental with a probability that a hydrocarbon was used to accelerate paper fuels in the area of the point of origin.”

Police arrived at the scene at 6 am – light enough for police to conduct a thorough investigation. A large amount of paper was found in the left, front internal compartment of the trailer. The fire caused heavy damage to the trailer, burning...

Violated federal firearms laws

ALBUQUERQUE – Justin Krantz, 32, of Aztec, N.M., was sentenced July 13 in federal court in Albuquerque to 57 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Krantz arrested in Nov. 2016, on an indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition on May 4, 2016, in San Juan County, N.M. According to the indictment, Krantz was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition because of his prior conviction on drug trafficking charges.

On April 11, Krantz pled guilty to the indictment and admitted that on May 4, he was in possession of a firearm...