PIES AND PUNCHES
7/11, GALLUP
GPD Officer Anthony Seciwa responded to the American Heritage Plaza in reference to a drunk man yelling obscenities at customers. The man was reported to be in the area of Safeway at 980 U.S. 491.
Seciwa found Wilbert Hardy, 56, in front of Wise Pies Pizza at 820 U.S. 491.
“I didn’t do s--t!” Hardy said, and yelled other obscenities at Seciwa, but “was otherwise compliant,” according to the report. However, when Seciwa opened the door of his vehicle, Hardy attempted to punch the officer’s face. Seciwa pinned Hardy against his unit, but was struck, several times in the head. Hardy also grabbed Seciwa’s throat and squeezed.
A supporting officer assisted Seciwa in handcuffing Hardy, who continued to struggle. Hardy was arrested for battery upon a peace officer, and resisting, evading, or obstructing an officer.
BEER BASH
7/10, BLACKHAT
Mckinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Roxanne King conducted a welfare check on a white Pontiac G6 in the parking lot of Speedy’s off Hwy 264. Chantelle R. Willie, 26, claimed a Navajo Police Department officer threw a bottle of beer at her while conducting a traffic stop. Willie and her boyfriend claimed the NPD officer was rude and aggressive toward them.
Willie had a cut from the alleged thrown bottle. Dispatch told King that Willie had a warrant out for her arrest. Willie was arrested because of the warrant.
HIGHWAY HELL
7/9, THOREAU
MCSO Deputy Roxanne King was dispatched to the 52-mile marker of I-40 eastbound in reference to a woman jumping in front of traffic, possibly drunk. At the scene, King found the woman running in the roadway; the woman also attempted to climb over a fence to get away.
When King was able to calm her down and handcuff her, she could see the woman was battered and missing a shoe. The victim said she needed medical attention.
The victim claimed she was pushed out of a moving vehicle by her mother-in-law. The car was moving at 30-35 mph. Her boyfriend, Kevin L. Allapowa, 27, arrived and began to yell at and push her. The mother-in-law and Allapowa drove away, leaving the victim on the road. The victim said she was trying to kill herself by running in the roadway.
Allapowa was arrested for battery on a household member.
STICK-AND-NAILED
7/8, GALLUP
GPD Officer Harland Soseeah was dispatched to the intersection of Ford Drive and Green Street in reference to a fight involving bats or pipes. At the scene, Soseeah spoke with a woman who said her neighbor and a friend were fighting and she was trying to help out. The woman, Krystal Yellowfeather, was drunk and slurring, according to Soseeah’s report.
Soseeah spoke to a man who said Yellowfeather came to his home, swung a bat at his brother and son, and hit the brother in the head.
Yellowfeather, 30, claimed the weapon was not a bat, but a stick with a nail on it. She was booked for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
GIMME THE CHEESE
7/7, GALLUP
GPD Officer Anthony Seciwa responded to Lowe’s Uptown Plaza, 1120 E. Hwy 66, in reference to a man reaching into a woman’s car and touching her thigh.
According to the victim, the man approached her vehicle while she was parked at 1119 E. Hwy 66, and asked her for money. She drove away, but stopped to wait for traffic to clear on Hwy 66. The man reportedly jumped on her driver’s-side running-board and continued to ask for money. When the victim told him her name and that she was just a teenager, he put his hand on her thigh. The victim was scared and drove across the street to Lowe’s.
The man arrived at her car and knocked on the window, before stopping and going to another car. The victim’s father arrived and chased the man toward Big Cheese Pizza at 1516 E. Hwy 66.
A supporting officer located Nolan A. Bahe, 26, who was drunk. He was booked for battery and solicitation.
SHELL SHOCKED
7/7, TOH-LA-KAI
MCSO Deputy Gabrielle Puhuyesva was dispatched to the Shell Station, 1039 U.S. 491, in reference to a domestic dispute. A female claimed a male was beating her up while they were parked at the gas station.
At the scene, Puhuyesva found the victim hysterically crying and gathering items from a maroon Ford. The victim said Donovan Miller, 34, her boyfriend, was hitting her with a closed fist while driving. She said he told her that when they got home, he would beat her up, and she was scared.
The cashier at the gas station said Miller was intoxicated. Miller returned to the business on foot, and was detained by a supporting officer. He was booked on battery against a household member.
SHAMEFUL SHOWERS
7/7, THOREAU
MCSO Deputy Jasmine Jaramillo was dispatched to the St. Bonaventure trailer park, off 25 Navarre Blvd, in reference to a break-in. At the scene, Jaramillo found a man in his underwear sitting on the pavement, east of No. 3 St. Bonaventure, with sand on his body. He was screaming, “They are trying to kill me.”
A female victim said the man broke into her home, banging on all doors and windows. He ran toward her bedroom and approached her, wearing two towels. The victim’s teenage sons grabbed him and dragged him out.
Jaramillo detained Roger Roan, 52. He said he was running from all the people who were trying to kill him because he is a rich man. He said he had to get help from his neighbors. He was confused and did not know where he was.
Another female victim, who lives at No. 40, said she told him to get out of her house “and he could not take a shower there.” The victim said Roan entered her house, showered, and left.
A male victim at No. 5 said Roan entered his home without permission, wearing only underwear. The victim forced Roan out of his home, but gave him two towels to cover himself up.
Roan was booked for breaking and entering and criminal damage to property.
BREAKING BANK
7/7, GALLUP
GPD Officers Kelvin Akeson and Ransom James were on bike patrol when they responded to Pinnacle Bank, 107 E. Aztec Ave., in reference to a check fraud.
Jacob A. Rangel, 43, ran north out of the parking lot along Puerco Street, pursued by Akeson and James. Akeson tackled and handcuffed the suspect, and returned to the bank.
Rangel had attempted to cash a forged check from an account belonging to someone else. He was arrested for forgery, and obstructing and resisting an officer.
SOMETHING HIT HIM
7/3, GALLUP
GPD Officer Daniel Brown was dispatched to 207 S. Woodrow Ave. No. A in reference to a domestic dispute. At the scene, Brown spoke with a female who said Terrance Tucson, 44, her boyfriend, was not acting normal. She said he left the scene about 15 minutes before Brown arrived.
According to the woman, Tucson had hitchhiked toward Zuni, “where they sell alcohol,” and came back to the house seeming fine until something “hit him.” He couldn’t sit still and rolled onto the living room floor, flailing. The victim called an ambulance.
Tucson became verbally abusive to the victim and her 15-year-old daughter, and then he pushed the mother. The victim kicked Tucson out.
Outside the residence, Tucson was highly intoxicated. He was arrested for battery on a household member.
BAD BEHAVIOR
7/2, GALLUP
GPD Officer Daniel Brown was dispatched to 3100 E. Hwy 66 in reference to subjects throwing obscene gestures at a vehicle. A supporting officer found the two occupants of the vehicle to be drunk.
Dominic Martinez, 29, was shouting. He was drunk and aggressive, and yelling obscenities, according to the police report. Martinez began to approach Brown, and he refused to obey commands. A supporting officer attempted to handcuff him. Brown tasered the unruly Martinez, who had a warrant out for his arrest.
Shackles were put on his feet, as he continued to be aggressive. Martinez was booked for assault upon a peace officer, and warrant execution.
JOE BLOW
6/27, GALLUP
GPD Officer Chris Molina was dispatched to 401 E. Hill Ave. in reference to a domestic dispute. At the scene, a reportedly drunken Benton John Yazzie, who told the officer that his name is “Joe Blow,” was detained.
According to the victim, she arrived home only to be confronted by her ex-boyfriend. During the argument, Yazzie, 43, scratched the victim’s face, threatened to hit her vehicle with a cinder block, and refused to leave the residence. When finally locked out, he began to hit the door with the cinder block.
Yazzie was placed under arrest for battery on a household member and criminal damage to property of a household member.
