Weekly Police Activity Reports Staff Reports
BURGLARIES/ LARCENIES
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Gallup Police Depa r t ment of f icer was dispatched to the 800 block of Grandview after a call about a thwarted gardening tool theft on Nov. 10. A Gallup woman, 66, told police that the suspect “grabbed their garden tools,” according to the report. W hen her husba nd
con f ront ed t he m a n a nd demanded he return them, the suspect did so before quickly f leeing the scene. Officers located and identified the suspect Tilford Wilson shortly afterward on Country Club Drive and Coal Avenue. He was caught with a single shingle scraper, belonging to an unknown victim. Wilson was arrested for an outstanding warrant, and the mystery scraper tagged into evidence. McKinley County Sheriff’s Sgt. Lasheena Johnson had her hands full on Nov. 10, when a
black flatscreen TVs had gone missing, and the door to her home forcefully opened. The victim, 70, also found that pottery had been taken. The theft was reported on Nov. 10. The MCSO has no suspects at this time.
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Christian Tennison
Jacob Antone
Gamerco woman, 46, reported to police that her ex-boyfriend had allegedly broken into her home on the 400 block of Ray street, and stolen several of her belongings, including a Verizon Tablet and a number of other household items. The ex-boyfriend, 49, was on the scene and denied any involvement. MCSO Deputy Guerrero responded to Johnson’s call for an additional unit and i nspected da mage to t he woman’s door. The woman appeared to be intoxicated and later became belligerent
towards Johnson, according to the police report. Nearby, on the 200 block of Ray Street in Gamerco, a woman reported that three
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Gallup Sun • Friday November 17, 2017
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