{"id":30909,"date":"2023-10-31T17:07:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T23:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/farmington-man-suspected-in-police-chase-and-standoff-is-held-in-jail\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:29:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:29:57","slug":"farmington-man-suspected-in-police-chase-and-standoff-is-held-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/farmington-man-suspected-in-police-chase-and-standoff-is-held-in-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmington man suspected in police chase and standoff is held in jail"},"content":{"rendered":"$10,000 bond in place for Andres Jose Gallegos\n

\"Officers
Officers from the New Mexico State Police arrest the man suspected in a chase and standoff Friday in Farmington. The suspect later was identified as Andres Jose Gallegos and was jailed. (David Edward Albright\/Tri-City Record)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

A man who led law enforcement officers on a pursuit Friday through San Juan County and then holed up in a house behind McGee Park in a four-hour SWAT standoff, is being held in the San Juan County Detention Center on a $10,000 bond.<\/p>\n

Andres Jose Gallegos, 36, of Farmington, is charged with possession of a firearm or destructive device by a felon, aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, reckless driving, no proof of insurance and improper display of a registration plate.<\/p>\n

Gallegos reportedly was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service on unrelated charges when a New Mexico State Police patrolman saw him driving a 2020 Ford Mustang about 1 p.m. Friday in the area of San Juan County Road 350.<\/p>\n

\"Andres
Andres Jose Gallegos, 36, of Farmington, held police at bay in an Oct. 27 four-hour standoff near McGee Park.<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Gallegos was a wanted felon with a \u201chistory of violent activity, illegal activity with firearms and association with illegal drugs\/narcotics,\u201d according to the affidavit for arrest warrant, which also stated the U.S. Marshals Service used the Farmington Police Department\u2019s Real Time Crime Center to locate Gallegos driving through the intersection of U.S. Highway 64 and Andrea Drive.\u201d<\/p>\n

State Police Patrolman Draesen Avery stated in the affidavit that started his overhead lights and siren to stop the vehicle, but it \u201cignored the visual and audible signals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gallegos reportedly accelerated and \u201crecklessly\u201d drove through a four-way stop without slowing down. Another officer then joined the chase, and Gallegos reportedly drove the Mustang south on County Road 350 onto County Road 3100 and then to County Road 3150 before ending up at a property in the 5800 Block of U.S. 64.<\/p>\n

\u201cI observed the top of Andres\u2019 head and body running toward the south side of the home,\u201d Avery wrote in the affidavit. \u201cI gave verbal commands for the male to stop, but he continued to run behind the house.\u201d<\/p>\n

Homeowner Justin Sanchez left the house and told the Tri-City Record<\/em> that he did not want to involve himself in Andres\u2019 business with law enforcement.<\/p>\n

Sanchez reportedly did notify police that \u201cAndres immediately started smoking \u2018blues\u2019 or fentanyl pills\u201d when he entered the home. Sanchez also told police he had a 10-gauge shotgun in the home, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n

While Avery waited for Gallegos to exit the home, he was in touch with other law enforcement agencies, which made him aware of Gallegos\u2019 reported \u201cheavy association with fentanyl.\u201d Galegos also reportedly had been involved \u201cin the larceny of numerous firearms and was noted to be the suspect in an armed robbery investigated by the Sheriff\u2019s Office,\u201d the affidavit states.<\/p>\n

Additional State Police officers and the Farmington Police Department SWAT team were called to assist in removing Gallegos from the home and the property. There were multiple call-outs and commands for him to exit the building, but he reportedly ignored them, and later admitted to \u201chiding in the attic of the house to avoid apprehension,\u201d according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n

After a four-hour standoff, Gallegos surrendered and was arrested without incident. He was booked into the San Juan County Detention Center at 1:52 a.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

His vehicle was searched after law enforcement secured a search warrant, and police say there a 12-gauge shotgun and .410 caliber ammunition were found in the Mustang.<\/p>\n

A public safety analysis of Gallegos resulted as Level 1, meaning he should be released pending trial, but Assistant District Attorney Ian Jump filed a Rule 409 Expedited Motion for Pretrial Detention on Oct. 30 in San Juan County Magistrate Court.<\/p>\n

The motion detailed Gallegos\u2019 criminal history, which included gun crimes, armed robbery, jail contraband, drug charges, two breaking-and-entering charges, three burglary charges, unlawful assault on a jail guard, and resisting, evading or obstructing an officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on the serious nature of the offense and the defendant\u2019s criminal history, the State believes no viable conditions of release exist to ensure the safety of the community at this time,\u201d the order states.<\/p>\n

Jump also requested the case be transferred to the 11yh Judicial District Court for a holding hearing on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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