Aquille Lamont Tsosie
Dec. 14, 6:57 am
1st DWI, Aggravated
Gallup Police Department Officer Victor Madrid was dispatched to Mentmore Road and Remington Lane to investigate a car parked on the roadway. Madrid located the blue Ford passenger car parked in the northbound lane on County Road, and then found its driver, Tsosie, 24, sleeping inside.
Madrid woke Tsosie after some effort, according to the police report. Tsosie appeared dazed and disoriented, and when he exited the car he began to sway.
Madrid noticed signs of intoxication in Tsosie, including watery eyes and slurred speech. Tsosie agreed to participate in field sobriety tests, and he performed poorly on three of them. Madrid also found open containers of alcohol in his car.
After he was arrested, he was given a breath test, and blew a .16 and a .19.
Olsen Paul Yazzie
Dec. 13, 12:04 am
DWI, Aggravated
GPD Officer Cindy Romancito was traveling east on U.S. Highway 66 when she saw a truck pass by the Allsup’s store without its tail lights on. Romancito made a traffic stop, and then encountered Yazzie, 30, who said he was driving his sister’s car and had been heading home from Arizona.
Yazzie admitted to drinking beer “about three hours ago,” according to the police report. He agreed to field sobriety testing, Yazzie stopped participating in field sobriety tests after performing poorly on the first test, and was then placed under arrest.
Yazzie refused to take a breath test. He also admitted to having driven the car without knowledge or permission from the owner.
Brandon T. Caballero
Dec. 12, 10:47 pm
1st DWI, Aggravated
Caballero, 29, was driving down Highway 602 when he encountered McKinley County Sgt. Tammy S. Houghtaling and MCSO Dep. Frank Villa. The officers had received an alert about a drunk driver in a vehicle matching the description of the car Caballero drove.
Caballero denied drinking that day, but said he had been yesterday. He participated in three field sobriety tests and performed poorly on all of them.
Caballero eventually submitted to a breath test, blowing .18, .21, and .18.
Shena R. Pete
Dec. 11, 9:34 pm
1st DWI, Aggravated
MCSO Dep. Johnson Lee was heading south on Chino Loop in Gamerco when he saw a vehicle speed past him down the middle of the roadway. After the car sped off, Lee was able only to see a “heavy cloud of dust,” according to the police report.
Lee traveled through the dust cloud to find an abandoned Toyota Corolla, with alcohol open inside of it. While inspecting the car, a man emerged and told Lee that the owner of the car was his daughter.
Lee noticed tracks in the field heading away from the car, and followed them with his flashlight until he spotted a woman running about 200 yards away, according to the report. After a short chase, he apprehended Pete, 26, who admitted to having been drinking.
Pete agreed to field sobriety testing, where she showed signs of intoxication. She blew a .18 and a .16 on a breath test before being booked into the McKinley County Adult Detention Center.
Lewis Joe Jr.
Dec. 9, 2:31 pm
1st DWI, Aggravated
GPD Officer Norman Bowman was advised of a reckless driver near South Second Street in the Rocket Cafe parking lot, who had narrowly missed crashing into another vehicle.
Bowman caught up with the driver, Joe, 52, who met him with “a blank stare,” according to the police report. Joe admitted to drinking alcohol but excused his behavior by telling Bowman he was “just going home,” according to the report.
Joe said he had had a “bottle of vodka this morning,” according to the report. He blew a .29 and a .28 on the breath test before he was booked.
Brandon R. Sam
Dec. 8, 10:53 pm
1st DWI, Aggravated
GPD Officer Douglas Hoffman stopped a car over a broken taillight, and encountered Sam, 24. Sam did not have a driver’s license or insurance. When he was made to exit the car, Hoffman noticed that Sam smelled like alcohol. Sam admitted to taking four shots at a concert prior to driving, according to the report.
Sam performed poorly on three field sobriety tests. On the breath test, he blew a 0.24.
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