DOMESTIC TROUBLE
Gallup, Feb. 16
Gallup Officer Cindy Romancito was dispatched to the Howard Johnson, 2915 W. Hwy. 66, in reference to property damage.
When she arrived at the room specified in the call, she made contact with Lashonda Begay, who told her she and her ex-husband, Brian Shawn Scott, 41, of Mentmore, had met the night before at the room. While things seemed to go smoothly at first, Begay said Scott got upset and they began arguing at about 10 pm and Scott would not allow her to leave.
Begay was able to leave the room shortly after 10 pm and returned later at 3 am. Scott was not around, so she went to sleep. When she woke the next morning, she realized the TV had been damaged at some point during the night, so she called the motel staff.
Scott eventually returned and asked for the truck keys inside the room, but Begay did not open the door. Eventually she did give the keys to Scott’s mother, and she and Scott left the area.
When Romancito spoke with Begay, she noted Begay had bruises and red marks on her arm and the back of her neck.
Scott is wanted on charges of false imprisonment, battery against a household member, and criminal damage to property. No other information is available.
HOUSE VANDAL
Gallup, Feb. 15
A man was arrested for criminal damage to property on Feb. 15 after being found taking a shower in a Gallup residence after being told to leave.
Police said the complaint was made by a Gallup woman who said she went by her great grandmother’s residence on Sierra Drive and heard someone taking a shower. When she investigated, she found Victor Cleveland, 21, of Crownpoint, who said that the caregiver for the elderly woman had given him the okay to use the bathroom to take a shower.
He was forced to leave, but police were told he came back a little later and began banging on a bedroom window trying to get in. A little later, she said she heard a noise in the living room and found he had thrown a rock through the front window.
When police arrived, a search of the area was conducted and Cleveland was found walking a couple of blocks from the house. Cleveland, according to the police report, admitted to breaking the window, but said he did it to get back his cell phone which he had left there earlier.
Police later made contact with the caregiver who admitted giving Cleveland permission to come in and take a shower.
WANTED SHOPLIFTER
Gallup, Feb. 13
Gallup Officer Iris Pinero was dispatched to The Home Depot, 530 Kachina Ave., about 5:17 pm in reference to a reported shoplifting.
Pinero met with Fred Rodriguez, who had Camille Damon, 40, of Mexican Springs, detained at the front entrance. Rodriguez said he noticed Damon had been pushing a cart full of merchandise she had not paid for towards the entrance of the store, and then attempted to hide it inside her purse and in her clothes.
In all, Damon had about $73 worth of merchandise on her.
Metro Dispatch advised Pinero that Damon had multiple warrants out for her arrest. Pinero transported Damon to McKinley County Adult Detention Center for booking on the existing warrants, as well as for shoplifting and criminal trespass.
THE WRONG VEHICLE
Gallup, Feb. 11
A woman was charged with breaking into a vehicle and contributing to the delinquency of a minor when she was discovered sitting in a car that did not belong to her.
Gallup Police Officer Jared Albert said he was on routine patrol about 12:45 am when he discovered Jessica Warner, 33 of Bakersfield, Calif., and a 17-year-old boy in a car in the parking lot next to the Gallup Cultural Center.
It turned out that Warner had been arrested the night before when she was found sitting in another car she did not own. She had been released the next morning.
The juvenile, who was turned over to his parents, said he was there because he had no other place to go.
COUPLE DISPUTE
Gallup, Feb. 10
A domestic dispute between a Gallup couple on Feb. 10 ended up with the girlfriend facing battery charges and her boyfriend going to Gallup Detox.
Gallup Patrolman Christopher Dawes was dispatched to a residence on Romero Circle about 2:45 pm because of a complaint of a couple fighting.
When he got there, he said he could hear things being pushed around in the house, but when he announced his presence everything became quiet. The door was opened by a 15-year-old who told Dawes that nothing was going on and that her sister had been crying because of a death in the family.
Jazzlyn Bahe, 23, of Gallup, told him the same thing. Dawes said she showed no sign of being injured and was holding a baby in her lap. She said her boyfriend, Moses King, 28, of Gallup, was in the back of the residence.
Dawes went to speak to King, who did have injuries on his face and his chest. Like Bahe, he showed signs of being intoxicated. At first, King said the injuries were old, but he finally admitted that Bahe was very upset by the death in her family and when he tried to calm her down, she attacked him.
Bahe was arrested for battery on a household member and King was taken to Gallup Detox. Other family members were called to take care of the two minors.
DRUNKEN PARENT
Gallup, Feb. 10
A woman is facing abandonment of a child charges in Gallup Municipal Court after police found her intoxicated in a motel room with her eight-year-old son.
Police had been called to the Golden Desert Motel on West Highway 66 just after midnight on Feb. 10 because of a report of a fight.
Laverne Begay, 24, of Church Rock, told police she had gotten into a fight with her sister who left after the fight. Because of concerns that she might be too intoxicated to care for her son, she was asked to take a portable breath alcohol test.
She agreed and posted a sample of .17, which led to her arrest. Her son was turned over to a family member.
MOTEL ASSAULT
Gallup, Feb. 7
Gallup City Police Officer Cindy Romancito was dispatched about 1:30 pm to the Ranchito Motel on West Coal Avenue on a domestic dispute complaint.
When she got there, she found Sherry George outside. She had a red stain on one of her eyebrows. She told Romancito that she and her husband, Harrison George Jr., 24, of Chambers, Ariz., had gotten into a fight and he hit her in the right eye and kicked her in the stomach.
She also said that when she tried to phone police on her cell phone, he knocked it out of her hand. She later found another cell phone and called the police.
She said her husband was still in the motel room and another police officer went into the room and placed him in handcuffs. He was charged with battery on a household member and interference with communication.
Romancito also learned he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest for shoplifting, so he was charged with that as well.
