A Gallup woman was abruptly awakened one morning when a strange man tried to break into her trailer home.
Gallup Police Officers Nicole Diswood and Timo Molina were dispatched to her address at 624 Hazel Dr. on April 11.
On the way Metro Dispatch said the man had broken the window and was trying to crawl inside. When Diswood arrived she saw the man in question. He was identified as Timothy Saucedo, 23 of Gamerco.
Diswood told Saucedo to come toward her. She also told him to turn around and put his hands behind his back. In her report to McKinley County Magistrate Court, Diswood said Saucedo’s hands and arms were bleeding.
She asked Saucedo if he knew anyone who lived in the trailer home, and he said he did. Molina called an ambulance to take care of Saucedo’s cuts. He watched Saucedo while Diswood talked to the owner of the trailer home.
The woman who owned the trailer said she didn’t know Saucedo. She said she woke up to banging at her door. When she looked out, she saw him kicking and hitting the door trying to get inside.
She said Saucedo then moved to the east side of the trailer, where he broke the window and crawled halfway in. She estimated it would cost her $300 to fix the screen door he damaged and $350 to fix the window.
When the officers were asking him questions Saucedo kept saying he wanted his lawyer present, and he also pleaded the Fifth Amendment.
When the ambulance arrived, medics bandaged up Saucedo’s cuts. He was arrested at 6:19 am and Diswood drove him to Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital, where he was medically cleared.
Diswood then took him to the McKinley County Detention Center where he was charged with breaking and entering and criminal damage to property.
Saucedo was released on his own recognizance.
By Molly Adamson
Sun Correspondent
