SEPT. 11, 2001 | FROM PAGE 10 Landavazo said 9/11 is significant for him, as he has a son-inlaw and other family members who currently serve and have served in the military. “I think it’s a very important date for all of us to remember,” Landavazo said. “And I think ceremonies like this are important in terms of reflecting on what happend.” Feliz Martinez, a Vietnam veteran, said people should never take 9/11 for granted. “I don’t like it when I see people bad-mouthing and desecrating the flag,” he said. The Sept. 11, 2001 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist air attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda. Aside from the killings, the attacks caused more than $10 billion in property and infrastructure damage. Of the 2,977 people killed,
3 4 3 were f i ref ig ht er s, 6 0 were pol ice of f icer s, a nd four were medics, according to reports. The death toll is still climbing due to health complications among first responders and v ictims at Ground Zero. Morales and McK inney noted that this was the first time the 45-minute remembrance was conducted at the downtown McKinley County Courthouse Plaza and not the city’s main fire station on Nizhoni Boulevard. The location was moved at the request of Palochak, who suggested the Courthouse was a more appropriate and accommodating setting. The Sept. 11 event followed another at the El Morro Theatre on Sept. 10 about veterans in film. The documentaries Homecoming and Searching for Home were shown and band Consider the Source performed.
University of New Mexico Enrollment Statistics *Released Sept. 12, 2016 Head Count Fall 2014 2409 Fall 2015 2473 Fall 2016* 2504 Credit Hours Fall 2014 23454 Fall 2015 24542 Fall 2016* 24344 *Final census numbers and reporting will be pending. Final numbers for Spring semesters: Head Count Spring 2015 2276
Spring 2016 2312 Credit Hours Spring 2015 22213 Spring 2016 22641
CRIME BLOTTER | FROM PAGE 8 suspended and is currently booked i n the Ber na lillo County Jail.
FENCE FLOP 9 / 3 , GALLUP At about 6:30 am, GPD Officer A n d r e w Thayer was d i spatched to 1710 Elm Circle, apartment B29, in reference to an assault. At the scene, Thayer made contact with the victim who was crying and distraught. She said Misiah Jones, aka Isaiah H. Begay (which is the name used in the report), 20, tried to hit her and then left. While Thayer was interviewing her, she pointed out Jones, who was walking back toward the apartment. When Thayer called to him, he ran away, westbound. Jones jumped a fence and was caught. A glass pipe containing marijuana residue was found in his pocket. He had a warrant out for his arrest. T he v ict i m sa id Jone s had been drinking and came to the apa r tment. He wa s loud and insulted her, “then attempted to hit her with closed fists, but did not physically strike her,” according to the report. Jones was arrested and charged with assault; resisting, evading, or obstructi ng a n of f icer; a nd d r ug paraphernalia.
TERIYAKI THIEF 9/2, GALLUP At 12:37 pm, GPD Officer Joe Roanhorse was dispatched to Teriyaki House at 14 0 0 S. Second St . in reference to a robbery. Dispatch said two males were Elbert Begaye last seen heading north from the business. Roanhorse met with an employee who said she was in the back of the business when another employee asked her whether the register was open. She thought the employee was kidding, but she went to the counter. An undisclosed Allen Lee a mou nt of money was missing, and the register had been closed when the money was taken. A customer sitting outside the business told the employee that a man who “looked like he stole something” had run out of the business. A second male was with him. A n off icer in the a rea not iced t wo men, Elber t Begaye, 24, and Allen Lee, 31 — who fit the witness’s descriptions — at Second Street and Mesa Avenue. That officer said the men’s pockets looked stuffed. When he patted them down, their pockets were full
of various dollar bills. The men were brought to Teriyaki House, identified, and arrested for burglary.
GUITAR GONE 8/30, GAMERCO At 5 pm, MCSO Deputy Gabrielle Puhuyesva was dispatched to 108 Summit Ave. in reference to a burglary that had happened about a half-hour prior. At the scene, Puhuyesva met with the calling party, who showed the officer around his home and said jewelry, belt buckles, a flat-screen TV, and a guitar had been stolen. A padlock was missing from an outside door. The victim had been away from his home for about two hours, and a neighbor told him she saw a suspect vehicle with occupants inside in front of the victim’s home. One man had exited the vehicle, a white pickup. The neighbor did not notice anyone enter the home. There were no signs of forced entry.
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