Burglars hit Gamerco home

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Gallup Independent
By Phil Stake
Staff writer

GAMERCO — McKinley County Sheriff’s investigators are on the lookout for a burglar who stole more than $10,000 worth of jewelry, firearms and electronics from a Gamerco home Oct. 16.

According to the homeowner, Sandra Turnbow, the burglar used a key to enter her home after she left about noon.

When she returned around 3 p.m., the door was unlocked, though not damaged. She said the burglars stole a 3-foot jewelry box filled with pearls, diamonds and silver — the 53-year-old woman’s entire 48-year-old jewelry collection.

“It had all my jewelry since I was 5,” Turnbow said.
The jewelry box also contained personal documents, she said.

Also stolen were two digital cameras, a satellite dish receiver, a $1,700 rifle and a nearly-full bottle of Yukon Jack Perma Frost schnapps from the refrigerator.
“A lot of weird little stuff,” Turnbow said.

Turnbow said she thinks the burglar may have been someone close to the family for several reasons. One reason is that her silver, which she stored under clothing items in a particular dresser drawer, had been stolen, even though no other dresser drawer had been opened.

She said neighbors had witnessed a gray four-door Chevy car parked in front of the home at the time of the burglary.
Crimestoppers is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest.

To contact Crimestoppers in Gallup, call 722-661.