Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) –A Gallup woman is facing numerous charges after she allegedly swung a hatchet at police officers Tuesday at the Gallup-McKinley County School Bus Headquarters. Gallup Police officers were dispatched to the school bus headquarters after a woman barricaded herself in a van on the property. Police say the woman, Barbara Nivison refused to leave the property claiming people were out to hurt her. She then told police that she had been using meth. A three and a half hour standoff ensued. During the standoff SWAT tried to serve a search warrant when according to police, Nivison swung a hatchet at officers. Nivison was taken into custody and faces three counts of felony aggravated battery on a peace officer with a deadly weapon and criminal trespassing.
