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WEEKLY DWI REPORT

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TYLER JOHNSON

Dec. 24, 11:17 pm

DWI

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremy Shirley was dispatched to the McKinley West Fire Department, 124 W. Hwy. 118, in reference to a drunk driver.

Shirley made contact with the caller, Ernestine Gordon, who told him the suspect vehicle had hit her car earlier. While enroute to the location where the driver was last seen, Shirley was advised a vehicle was parked on Beta Street and the driver was having difficulty standing and appeared to be ill.

When Shirley arrived at the scene on Beta Street, he saw a tan Chevrolet truck that matched the description of the vehicle given to him by Gordon. Shirley made contact with the driver, Tyler Johnson, no age given, of Gallup, who smelled of alcohol.

Gordon arrived and confirmed Johnson was the driver of the vehicle that had slammed into hers. Johnson was then taken to detox.

 

RAMONDO EMERSON

Nov. 9, 11:56 am

Aggravated DWI

Gallup police officer Michael Eley was dispatched to the 1200 block of East Highway 66 in connection with a possible intoxicated driver.

When he got there, he met Ramondo Emerson, 41, of Gallup, who was in the driver’s seat. His one-year-old daughter was also in the vehicle.

When he was asked to get out of the vehicle, Emerson had problems keeping his balance, according to Eley. Emerson showed signs of being intoxicated.

Emerson agreed to take the standard field sobriety tests and had problems. He was arrested for DWI.

After he was arrested, he was asked how much he had to drink and said “only a little” from a bottle of vodka found in the vehicle. He agreed to take a breath alcohol test.

But when he was ready to take the test, he said he changed his mind and was charged with aggravated DWI, and abandonment of a child.

 

KIRBY SHERMAN

Nov. 6, 12:13 am

Aggravated DWI

Gallup Police Officer Clarissa Morgan said she was dispatched to South First Street where a car was parked with its engine running.

When she got there, other officers were on scene and had turned the engine off.  Kirby Sherman was in the vehicle. As Morgan looked inside, she said she could see  several containers of alcoholic beverages on the floor.

She talked to Sherman, 42, of Fort Wingate, who had no shoes on when he exited the car. He said he was coming from Heber and when asked how much he had to drink, he said “a lot.”

She said he smelled of alcohol. He refused to take the standard field sobriety tests and the breath alcohol test and was arrested.