Mack Ramone
5.10.17, 10:19 pm
3rd DWI, Aggravated
Ramone, 35, of Smith Lake, NM, was arrested by Gallup Police Department Officer Andrew Thayer when he was dispatched to 1650 West Maloney. Thayer spotted the suspect pulling into 1020 W, Maloney and proceeded to do a welfare check on all of the occupants. Thayer asked Ramone if he had been drinking and he replied that about an hour previous he had consumed a lot of alcohol at Sports Page. Video and Audio was recorded during this interaction.
Suspect refused to take a Standard Field Sobriety Test and was transported to WalMart where he was identified by two security officers as the person who was intoxicated at the store. They said Ramone attempted to return an item to the store that did not belong to them and was refused. The guards did not want to press charges against him for this attempted fraud.
Ramone was then transported to the jail where he was booked for a 3rd DWI, Aggravated, as well as a violation of the Open Container ordinance and Driving on a Suspended License. Ramone’s vehicle was on private property and was left on site and secured.
Vivian Jones
5.10.17, 7:08 pm
3rd DWI, Aggravated
Jones, 39, of Gamerco, NM, was spotted by GPD Officer Chaz Troncoso as she made a quick exit from a business at 800 W. Highway 66, crossing over into the Westbound lanes of traffic. Turning his patrol car around, Troncoso caught up with Jones at 6th and Hwy 66, where she ran into the curb at the corner.
Troncoso then asked if Jones would perform the SFST and she agreed, but was unable to perform the tests asked of her. Jones claimed she had medical issues from being in a coma recently and Troncoso read her the NM Implied Consent Advisory after she refused any chemical tests. She was taken to Gallup Indian Medical Center for medical clearance and then back to the McKinley County Adult Detention Center where she was also booked for Open Container, Duration of Evidence, and Vehicle Entering Highway.
A passenger in the car was taken to Gallup Detox.
Herman William F. Livingston
5.5.17, 1:47 am
3rd DWI, Aggravated
Livingston, 34, was questioned by GPD Officer DeWayne Holder while waiting his turn in the drive thru following a call by a McDonald’s East employee. When asked for his license, Livingston said it was at his home but he did provide his name, date of birth, and social security number. When Holder ran an ID check on this information, it turned out that his license had been revoked because of a previous DWI. When asked to take the SFST, Livingston refused. He was read the NM Implied Consent Advisory but continued to refuse any testing.
Livingston was then arrested on Aggravated DWI and Driving on a Suspended License. His vehicle was then moved from the drive thru and parked in the parking lot.
Leopoldo P. Martinez
5.4.17, 4:39 pm
3rd DWI, Aggravated
Sixty-four year old Martinez of Gallup was arrested for his third DWI by GPD Officer Douglas Hoffman after he observed a vehicle stopped in the roadway of South Second Street. The subject vehicle was taking up space in two different lanes causing other drivers to stop or slow. He then veered to the right, almost hitting the curb. Continuing north, the vehicle turned right at Apache and 2nd Street without using a turn signal and drove at a slow rate of speed to Puerco and Maple, stopping at this intersection though there was no stop sign.
He turned right on Maple and did not stop when emergency lights were activated but instead crossed over Strong Ave before coming to a halt. When asked to exit his car, Martinez kept his face turned away from Hoffman, and staggered and weaved when he walked away from his car. When asked if he had consumed any alcohol, Martinez said no and did agree to take a field sobriety test, which he promptly failed. Again he was asked if he had been consuming alcohol and again he said no. When Officer T. Troncoso came to the scene with a portable breath tester and Martinez blew a 0.26, admitting at this time that he had consumed two beers at the Sports Page.
He was arrested and transported to GPD where he blew a 0.21 and a 0.22 and was transported to the Adult Detention Center.
Sylvania Brown
3.2.17, 12:33 am
2nd DWI, Aggravated
Brown, 37, of Pinedale found herself in more trouble than the singular account of DWI when it was discovered there were arrest orders from both the Municipal and Magistrate Courts asking for her.
GPD Officer Andrew Thayer had been dispatched to the Sports Page, 1400 S. 2nd Street, in reference to an intoxicated driver driving away from the bar, stranding her boyfriend. While talking with the boyfriend, a car pulled into the parking lot and he identified it as belonging to his girlfriend Brown.
When she agreed to perform the Standard Field Sobriety Tests, Thayer found a level spot in the parking lot and moved his vehicle to where a video could be taken. After failing all aspects of the SFST, Brown agreed to a portable breath test and blew 0.184. When asked, Brown said she had consumed two shots about an hour before driving. Placed under arrest, it was discovered that Brown had three warrants outstanding and was transported to the GPD for more breath tests, blowing a 0.15 twice. Her vehicle was turned over at the scene by her sister and Brown was booked on other charges of Open Container and Suspended Driver’s License.
Lionel Joe
2.26.17, 4:46 am
3rd DWI, Aggravated
GPD Officer Justin Benally was dispatched to 310 S. Sixth St. in reference to a fight when Metro Dispatch advised him that a white pickup truck was leaving northbound on Sixth St., where the officer observed a white pickup turn onto Aztec and continue eastbound. Following closely, Benally caught up to the truck by Third and Aztec, making the final stop in the downtown Courtyard parking area, 200 W. Hill.
Joe, 32, of Gallup said he was the designated driver, but while getting his papers together, Benally asked dispatch for more information and discovered that Joe’s license had been suspended/revoked for a previous DWI. Joe refuse to do a SFST and was arrested. A portable breathalyzer was brought to the scene where Joe blew a 0.217, but then refused further testing.
Joe was booked into the Adult Detention Center.
Eddie Tsosie
2.24.17, 7:14 pm
4th DWI, Aggravated
Alerted by a passing civilian, McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Roxanne King traveled to the Family Dollar Store on South State Road 602 where she observed the subject vehicle in the store’s parking lot. When the driver started the small pickup, he pulled onto the highway heading south but went into oncoming traffic. King activated her emergency lights but the subject vehicle turned left onto Blue Jay Road before coming to a complete stop.
Although initially claiming he lived in the area, a check of his I.D. card listed Bread Springs (about 9 miles north) as his current address, which he confirmed when asked. Tsosie, 61, agreed to a SFST but after the first part, which he failed, began claiming that he was disabled and unable to do the alphabet or finger dexterity test. At this point he was placed in handcuffs. The other three occupants in the vehicle were transported to Gallup Detox. Tsosie agreed to a breath test, where he blew a 0.27 and 0.26. He was taken first to Gallup Indian Medical Center for medical clearance and then to the Adult Detention Center to be booked.
Valerie Baloo
2.18.17, 12:49 am
3rd DWI, Aggravated
An alert McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy, Arnold J. Noriega, observed a vehicle without License Plate Illumination. He stopped the vehicle on S. 2nd Street just north of Astro Glass and talked to the driver Baloo, 45, of Houck, AZ. After noticing the strong odor of alcohol, Noriega asked Baloo if she had been drinking. She said that she had only had two beers at the Sports Page and agreed to a SFST.
She failed the first part of the test because she couldn’t keep her head still. When Noriega saw that she was wearing high heels, he tried to substitute an alphabet test but Baloo said she couldn’t do it from N to Y because she had never started with an N before. She also failed the number test and the finger dexterity test.
This arrest constitutes her 2nd offense in New Mexico and she also had one prior arrest in Arizona. She was transported to the MCSO and submitted to a breath test where she blew 0.22 twice. She was booked into the Adult Detention Center.
