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WEEKLY DWI REPORT

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Kenny Keyonnie

Jan. 12, 2:58 am

Aggravated DWI (first offense)

McKinley County Sheriff Deputy Frank Villa Jr. said he responded to a call from a security guard at the Travel Centers of America on West Highway 66 about a man passed out behind the steering wheel of his vehicle at one of the center’s pumps.

Before he reached the site, he was told that that driver had woken up and was seen heading west on Highway 66. As he was headed in that direction, he noticed a vehicle parked in front of the McKinley West Fire Station with the driver’s side door open.

This turned out to be the vehicle in question, and the driver was still in the vehicle. Villa said he noticed that the driver, Keyonnie, 35, of Ganado, showed signs of being intoxicated. When he asked what was going on, Villa said the driver mumbled something.

When asked if he had been drinking, the driver said yeah. When he was asked to step out of the vehicle, he appeared to stumble, Villa said. He was asked to take a field sobriety test and refused, at which time he was arrested and charged with DWI.

He did agree to take breath alcohol test and blew samples of .21, .18 and .20.

 

Dalton R. Smith

Jan. 8, 1:04 pm

Aggravated DWI

Gallup Patrolman Harland Soseeah said he was on regular patrol near Second Street when he noticed a vehicle passing other cars by driving on the median. He turned around and observed the vehicle go into the parking lot of State Farm Insurance.

As he walked up to the vehicle, he observed the driver jump into the back seat. When he got to the vehicle, he asked Smith, 32, of Prewitt why he jumped into the back seat but received no reply.

He said he noticed that Smith showed signs of being intoxicated and asked how much he had to drink. Smith told him he had a few. He said he was willing to take the standard field sobriety test, but then refused to comply with instructions and was arrested for DWI.

The same thing occurred when he agreed to take a breath alcohol test. When it was given, he was unable to blow in the machine.

He was then charged with aggravated DWI, careless driving and driving on a divided street, along with citations for driving on a suspended license and lack of proper registration.

 

Cameron Russell

Jan. 11, 9:54 pm

Aggravated DWI (first offense)

Gallup Patrolman Christopher Dawes said he was on routine patrol on U.S. Highway 66 when he noticed a car without its headlights on so he made a traffic stop.

When he approached the car, he noticed that all of the windows were down and the car was filled with smoke. He also noticed that car had three other occupants besides the driver, who was identified as Cameron Wilson, 18, of Window Rock.

She said the four had gone to a movie and admitted that they had been smoking marijuana. She agreed to take the standard field sobriety tests. She then failed the tests and was charged with DWI.

Dawes interviewed the three other occupants in the vehicle, all who were juveniles. One of them had a bag with him and admitted that it contained marijuana. Because he was a juvenile, Dawes had him call his mother, who came and agreed to allow him to search the bag.

The bag did contain marijuana and he was given a citation.

As for Russell, she decided against the blood alcohol test and she was transported to the county jail on aggravated DWI charges.

 

Ryan John Torrez

Dec. 31, 8:54 pm

Aggravated DWI (first offense)

Gallup Police Officer Daniel Brown said he was dispatched to the Ranchito Motel, 1009 West Coal Street, where Torrez, 25, of Yah-Ta-Hay, had been stopped for having a suspended registration.

The other Officer told Brown that Torrez had been disorderly. He said he also found an open container of alcohol behind the driver’s seat. There was also another occupant in the vehicle who had an outstanding bench warrant.

Torrez said he picked up the passenger at Allsup’s and was giving him a ride home. He also admitted to drinking a shot of alcohol that his passenger had given him, but Brown said he saw signs that Torrez was more intoxicated than that so he asked him to take the standard field sobriety tests, which he agreed to do and then failed.

After he was arrested, Torrez began yelling out phone numbers and said he was having an anxiety attack, so Medstar was called. When they came, Torrez refused medical attention. He did agree to take a breath alcohol test and blew samples of .22 and .21 and was charged with aggravated DWI.

 

Rose Zunie

Dec. 31, 1:01 am

DWI (first offense)

Gallup Patrolman Julio Yazzie said he was dispatched to the 25- mile marker on Interstate 40 where he found Rose Zunie, 22, of Houck, standing near her vehicle which appeared to have rolled over because of ice on the highway.

She had no injuries but showed signs of being intoxicated. She agreed to take the standard field sobriety test and failed, so she was arrested for DWI.

She told Yazzie that she only had one drink before driving, and agreed to take a breath alcohol test during which she blew a sample of .15.