Kevin Bowman
Nov. 28, 10:10 pm
3rd DWI, Aggravated
Bowman, 37, never made it onto I-40 due to a flat, front left tire, but the true reason is that he passed out behind the wheel stone cold drunk. Gallup Police Department Officer Luke Martin discovered Bowman parked on the I-40 onramp at Mile Marker 26. He had to reach into the vehicle to wake Bowman up. He refused to engage in field sobriety tests or take the breath alcohol content test, earning him the aggravated charge and his third DWI offense.
John Duboise, Jr.
Nov. 26, 6:44 pm
DWI
Duboise caught the attention of GPD Officer Khaera Chee shortly after she pulled into Conoco west to fuel up. The officer was approached by a woman who said “I think that man’s intoxicated, he was peeing in the parking lot,” the report stated. Chee confirmed there was “a puddle of fluid that had splatter marks around the puddle.”
The woman pointed to the car Duboise was driving and Chee followed it, eventually pulling him over on the interstate. Chee could smell alcohol wafting from the vehicle, and Chee readily admitted to sucking down three cans of “Coors” original.
Duboise, 41, was transported to a safer place to conduct field sobriety tests and didn’t fare well. He blew a .08 - twice during breath test and was booked on his first DWI.
Ada E. Marshall
Nov. 25, 11:44 pm
Aggravated DWI
GPD Officer Angelo Cellicion was called to West Wilson to conduct a welfare check on a gold-color passenger vehicle parked in front of a residence. As he arrived, the vehicle was pulling away. As he followed it, he noticed that the license plate light was out. He pulled Marshall over an wrote her a citation.
He asked her to step out of the vehicle, to explain the citation, and noticed that she was staggering and smelled of booze. She admitted to slamming two shots and drinking some beers. Marshall, 30, failed the tests and blew a .20 and .19 during the breath tests.
Julison Lee Benally
Nov. 24, 1:50 am
Aggravated DWI
Benally was arrested shortly after getting into a fender bender near Goodfella’s Sports Bar. When GPD Officer Anthony Seciwa arrived at the scene, he found Benally standing next to his white pick up truck. According to the police report, when asked what happened, Benally said: “I don’t know. I’d rather not say.”
He did admit to swigging down two beers at the bar. However, Seciwa told him that he thought that he drank more than two beers, and he readily confessed to also drinking a half pint of whiskey. He didn’t pass the field sobriety tests and blew a .20 and .21 during the breath tests.
Vicente Sanchez-
Casimiro
Nov. 21, 10:28 pm
Aggravated DWI
Best wishes for Sanchez-Casimiro’s future and that this is a tough lesson that he’ll move forward from and never drink and drive again. He got his first DWI by knocking down a fence at the Black Diamond Trailer Park. He fled, but McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Noriega was able to find him because he left his front bumper at the scene, which matched a truck that was parked in the vicinity.
GPD Officer Daniel Brown arrived at the scene, and began to question Sanchez-Casimiro, 50, who couldn’t keep his story straight. He was in fear of losing his job and family, but eventually admitted to the obvious as he struggled to stay standing upright. He failed field sobriety tests and blew a .18 and .19 during the breath tests.
Raymond Romero
Nov. 20, 8:41 p,
2nd DWI
Romero’s “Please sir let’s make a deal” didn’t pull any weight with MCSO Deputy Johnson Lee when he was pulled over at Bench and Ray streets in Gamerco.
According to the report, Lee could smell booze coming from the white pickup truck driven by Romero. He presented a suspended/revoked license and admitted to drinking – even drinking one shot of Vodka before police had pulled him over. He didn’t pass the field sobriety tests and blew a .14 and .12 during the breath tests.
Megan Charley
Nov. 18, 5:50 pm
Aggravated DWI
Charley was highly intoxicated when she hit a vehicle with her 16-month-old daughter in the car. When GPD Officer Justin Benally approached the green pickup truck, stopped near Albertson’s on east 66, he notice Charley slumped over the center console. He saw that her daughter was tapping on her back in her baby like way, trying to wake her inebriated mom.
Police called on an uncle to pick up her daughter. Charley, 21, refused to take field sobriety tests, but did consent to the two breath tests, in which she blew a .32 and .31.
John Garcia
Nov. 17, 10:38 pm
Aggravated DWI
Probably not a good idea to tailgate a Sheriff’s deputy while driving intoxicated, but then again, being allegedly intoxicated would cloud anyone’s sound judgment. Deputy Lorenzo Guerrero had to pull onto the median to reportedly avoid being hit by Garcia. He soon after pulled Garcia over in the parking lot of the Human Services building on east State Hwy 118.
Guerrero noticed that rifle sitting on the passenger seat, so he asked him to step out of the vehicle. While Garcia, 22, participated in the field sobriety tests, he refused to take the breath tests. He was charged for aggravated DWI and negligent use of a weapon.
Donahu Swenson
Nov. 17, 5:55 pm
Aggravated DWI
Swenson crashed her van in Continental Divide and claimed a man that she picked up down the road had crashed her vehicle and took off on foot even though she initially said that she was eating and driving and lost control of the van. But her story didn’t hold muster and changed again when MCSO Deputy Garylle James asked for her to repeat her story, according to the report.
Swenson smelled of booze so an ambulance was dispatched and she was cleared for booking. But, the drama didn’t stop there. Once at the MCSO, and shortly after agreeing to take the breath test, she said that she had to vomit. James allowed her to use the restroom where she vomited and reportedly passed out. She was taken to a local hospital and while there James requested a blood draw to determine BAC, which Swenson refused earning her an aggravated DWI.
