Sonya Angeles
2nd DWI
Dec. 18, 5:53 pm
Gallup Police Department Officer John Gonzales was called to the scene of a single vehicle accident at Third Street and Hwy 66 when he encountered Angeles, 27, and noticed the open container of an “alcoholic beverage on the floorboard.”
Gonzales noted that the driver was also slurring her speech and had the smell of alcohol on her breath. Because of unspecified injuries, Angeles unable to engage in field sobriety tests and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. While there, she refused to take a breath test to determine her level of intoxication.
After she was discharged from hospital, Angeles was also charged with careless driving, and for not possessing a driver’s license, insurance and current vehicle registration.
Marvin Gray
5th DWI, Aggravated
Dec. 15, 10:23 pm
Gray alerted MCSO Deputy Lorenzo Guerrero when he stopped at the intersection of Green and Second Streets – an intersection with no stop signs. Guerrero then turned on his emergency lights to pull him over, but Gray headed toward First Street, then turned on Coal Avenue – a road that’s closed for construction. It forced Gray to stop his vehicle.
As Guerrero gave Metro Dispatch his location, Gray reportedly exited his vehicle that was still running, and walked away. But, Guerrero caught up with him and asked him if he had been drinking. Gray said yes, and that he had a few, but that “he was okay.”
Gray took the field sobriety tests, like he probably has done four times before, and failed. He blew a .30/.29 during the breath tests.
Gerald Aaron Bia
Aggravated DWI (bodily injury)
Dec. 11, 5 pm
Bia reportedly hit a pedestrian while driving intoxicated, according to McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Ivan Tsethlikai’s report.
Tsethlikai drove to the scene on U.S. 491 and began interviewing Bia, 32, about the incident, and noted that he could smell alcohol on his breath. He then switched gears from interviewing to engage Bia in field sobriety tests.
While he seemingly passed most of the field sobriety challenges of the test, his eye movement and leg twitching were also taken into consideration during the evaluation. He blew a .07 twice during the breath test.
Also, Tsethlikai learned that the victim that Bia reportedly struck had “a laceration to his forehead and back head area; road rash on the right wrist; and a disfigured right foot/leg.”
Andrea Johnson
2nd DWI, Aggravated
Nov. 25, 7:55 pm
Johnson was pulled over on southbound U.S. 491 for speeding. MCSO Deputy Roxanne King told Deputy Tsethlikai that she could smell alcohol coming from Johnson’s breath. She had two children, ages 9 and 5, in the backseat of the car.
When Tsethlikai spoke to Johnson, 31, she claimed to have just used hand sanitizer, but he could smell liquor and hand sanitizer wafting from the vehicle.
She didn’t fair well on the field sobriety tests, and when Deputy Tammy Houghtaling arrived, Johnson became “uncooperative” when the deputy asked her to do the one leg stand. She refused to do any further sobriety tests, and called Houghtaling a “racist and that we do police brutality on people,” according to Tsethlikai’s report.
Johnson refused to take a breath or blood test, and was also booked on abuse of a child.
Tommy Muskett Begay
3rd DWI
Nov. 24, 1:10 am
A night of knocking back some beers at Twin Arrows Casino outside of Flagstaff earned Begay, 53, his third DWI offense.
MCSO Lt. Eric Jim noticed Begay driving 50 mph in a posted 65 mph zone on I-40, and weaving over the center divider and shoulder. Jim pulled him over near mile marker 22.
Begay showed the usual signs of intoxication – bloodshot, watery eyes and had the smell of alcohol wafting from his breath. He didn’t fare well on field sobriety tests and blew a 14/.15 on the breath tests.
Rolena Wilson
3rd DWI
Nov. 23, 6:45 pm
Wilson was pulled over after Deputy Merlin Benally conducted a random vehicle registration check at the DWI checkpoint at County Road 1 and Mentmore Road.
When he approached Wilson in her maroon Grand Prix, he greeted the driver and asked her how she was doing. “Rolena stated, ‘Hi , I’m dong good.’” But, Benally noted otherwise, stating in his report that he could smell alcohol on her breath and that she had bloodshot, watery eyes.
She admitted to consuming two Bud Lights, and blew a .222 at the scene. When she got to the Sheriff’s station, she blew a .19 twice.
Remondo Smith
2nd DWI
Nov. 10, 3:19 pm
When GPD Officer Kelvin Akeson responded to the scene of an accident at the intersection of Marguerite Street and Aztec Avenue, he started to talk with Smith, 39, who was involved in the crash.
He noted that Smith had bloodshot, watery eyes. The other officer on scene also suspected that Smith may be intoxicated. So, Akeson had Smith engage in field sobriety tests, which he didn’t pass.
As he was arresting Smith, “he began yelling and cussing at the driver of the other vehicle,” the report states. Akeson noticed there were three “Steel Reserve” beer cans on the floor of Smith’s pickup truck. A blood draw was taken to determine his level of intoxication.
