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POLICE ACTIVITY REPORTS

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THROUGH THE WINDOW

Jan. 5, Gallup

A 30-year-old Pinedale man was charged with aggravated battery after he reportedly threw a rock through a window, hitting a young boy.

Gallup Police Officer Alana Bradley said she was dispatched on Jan. 5 to a residence on Romero Circle, where she met Elvera Curley, 44, and her 13-year-old son who was holding a towel to his head.

Bradley was told that Lester Hosteen Jr., 30, had thrown a rock through the window, hitting her son in the head. Bradley said she saw a bump on the boy’s head. Hosteen, Curley said, was her son-in-law.

Hosteen was located on Fifth Street by another officer. Bradley said she went over there to talk to him. When she got there, she found him to be intoxicated, so she placed him under arrest and transported him to the county jail.

TROUBLE NEAR 66

Jan. 4, Gallup

GPD Officer Thomas House said he was on patrol about 2:30 pm on Jan. 4 near U. S. Highway 66 and Patton Avenue when he saw a man staggering as he walked.

When he went up to him, he saw that he was intoxicated so he called for a community service aide and told Christopher O’Ryan Sam, 27, of Vanderwagen, that he was going to the Gallup Detox Center.

When CSA Officer Bradford Douglas showed up, the two began putting Sam in the van when he began resisting. They took him to the ground, whereupon he began kicking and hit Douglas on the right side of the face.

It was at that point that a glass pipe fell to the ground from Sam’s pocket. Sam was charged with battering a police officer and possession of drug paraphernalia.

UNKNOWN ASSAILANT

Dec. 30, Gallup

GPD Officer Julio Yazzie was dispatched to the Shalimar Inn, 2618 W Historic Hwy 66, just after midnight on Dec. 30 in connection with an assault.

When he got there, he found Martina Jesus, 38, bleeding from a blow to the back of her head. Several witnesses, including her husband, said a man drove up in a passenger car. He got out of the car and yelled at them.

He then rushed at them and hit Jesus. The man then ran around the building and got into a different car.

Yazzie said he got a chance to talk to Jesus later at the hospital. She told him that she was with a group of people and had gone outside with some people to hang out.

She said she heard someone yell to watch out and then felt something hit the back of her head. She said she never had a chance to see who her assailant was. She said she could not remember anything else.

Yazzie said police were not able to find a suspect.

WOULD-BE THIEVES

Dec. 28, Gallup

The Gallup Police Department is investigating an attempted robbery at a business on Chamisal Street.

George Munoz, an employee of the business, said two men drove up and attempted to steal some wiring but drove off without getting it.

A video of the incident showed the two men arrive at the business about 7:15 am on Dec. 28 and break through a fence. They attempted to take a large stool of wire.

The two men, dressed in dark clothing with hoods on, tied the spool of wire to their car and tried to drag it behind the car. The spool detached itself from the car and the two men attempted to attach it again but failed. They then left the area at a high rate of speed.

Police say they have no suspect.

DAMAGE TO DUKE

Dec. 27, Gallup

The GPD is investigating a report of property damage to Duke City, 1512 East Hwy 66 on Dec. 27.

An employee of the business said he found the front door window to the business broken when he came to work that morning.

Video surveillance showed a skinny man walk up to the business and throw a rock through the window and then walk away. Damage to the front door was estimated at about $500.

Police said they have no suspect.

JUVENILE RUNNER

Dec. 26, Gamerco

Skylar Gishy, 17, of Ganado, has been charged with being in possession of a stolen vehicle.

Gallup Patrolman Steven Collins said he and narcotic agents for the GPD were investigating a report of a car stolen out of the lot of J&J Auto on the morning of Dec. 26 when they saw a vehicle matching the description of the one that was stolen. They began following the vehicle toward Gamerco.

The car went off into the fields near Slate and Ray streets and Gishy is seen getting out. Officers gave chase and apprehend him.

They later found out that the vehicle was not the one they were looking for but it had been reported to have been stolen out of Boulder City, Colo.

Gishy was taken to Farmington, N.M. for juvenile booking for evading an officer.