Herbert Kee Yazzie
June 6, 3:42 pm
Aggravated DWI
The arrest of Hebert Kee Yazzie, 60, of Ganado was by the book, so to speak.
The McKinley County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a suspicious car, so a deputy was assigned to investigate and Yazzie was seen turning into the T&R feed store lot north of Gallup without using a turn signal.
He admitted to drinking to drinking “some” liquor that night, failed the field sobriety test and was arrested. He agreed to take a breath alcohol test and when the first sample came up with a .21 reading, he refused to take a second.
Deputies also found two open pints of vodka on the driver’s side floorboard so he was also charged with possession of an open liquor container.
Calvin Johnson
May 29, 4:47 pm
Aggravated DWI
It began as a report to Metro Dispatch of a possible intoxicated driver going at a high rate of speed and weaving from lane to lane, but when Gallup Police caught up with the suspect vehicle, it was going 15 miles per hour in a 50 mile per hour zone.
Police said his slow speed, as he was driving west on U.S. Highway 66, was causing traffic to back up behind him as he weaved from lane to lane and onto the shoulder of the road.
When Johnson, 30, of Vanderwagen got out of his vehicle, he “began to yell and make several Kung-Fu type gestures as if he was preparing to fight,” the report states.
Gallup Patrolman Douglas Hoffman said undercover narcotics agents had already taken him to the ground by the time he got to the scene. Johnson told him he didn’t drink, but he had smoked some marijuana out of a bowl that was on his center console.
“Johnson made several odd statements about seeing spirits and having died earlier in the day on the highway,” Hoffman said in his report.
Johnson refused to have his blood drawn and was transported directly to the county jail. During the trip to the jail, Hoffman said Johnson talked to himself about Jesus and said he knew his rights under the Ten Commandments.
Darrellson Lilly
May 27, 11:48 pm
Aggravated DWI
Gallup Police Officer Victor Madrid said he was on routine patrol just after midnight when he saw a car leave Trade Mart Square going south on South Second Street. When he saw the vehicle hit the curb on the passenger side, he conducted a traffic stop.
When he saw Lilly, Madrid said he noticed immediately signs that he was intoxicated. Lilly admitted he had been drinking at the Sports Page but said he hit the curb because he was upset.
He agreed to take field sobriety tests which he failed so he was arrested. He also agreed to take breath alcohol tests and posted two samples of .17.
Madrid said he also found an open container of booze in the center console so he was charged for that as well.
Melissa Sallie Lonetree
May 28, 6:21 am
Aggravated DWI
Usually when you run into a house in front of witnesses, you are hoping to be arrested, so it should come as no surprise when that happened to Lonetree, 19, of Gallup.
Gallup Police Officer Victor Madrid said he was looking for a car at about 6 am that had been reported to be weaving in and out of traffic.
As he was looking for the vehicle, he was told by Metro Dispatch that the vehicle he was looking for had run into a house at 311 West Green Ave., and the driver was seen trying to leave the scene.
When he got to the area, he saw a woman matching that description talking on a cell phone. She had a bump on her head, which had blood around it. When he began talking to the woman, he said he could smell the odor of intoxicating liquor coming off her person.
She admitted that she had four shots of vodka a couple of hours previously but said she was not driving the vehicle. It was her friend’s, and when asked who that was, she refused to give him the name, said Madrid.
The problem with that, Madrid said, was that when he talked to witnesses who saw the accident, they all identified Lonetree as the person who was driving the car.
He then placed Lonetree under arrest, and after she agreed to take a breath and blood test, he took her to police headquarters where she was given the breath test and posted two samples of .27.
He then took her to a local hospital where blood was drawn. She was then transported to the county jail and booked.
