CAR BREAK-IN
Gallup, May 19
A man broke into a woman’s car while it was sitting in her driveway.
On May 19, around 12:05 pm, Gallup Police Officer Jerald Watchman was dispatched to 702 W. Hill Ave. because a woman said a man had broken into her car.
When he got to the scene, Watchman spoke to the victim, who explained that she’d been sitting inside her house when she noticed a man in a white vehicle who was honking his car’s horn and yelling. The man, Derrick Tso, then got out of his car and into the victim’s car through the passenger’s side door.
According to Watchman’s criminal complaint, the victim said Tso reportedly began digging around in her car. When the victim checked her car later on she said nothing was missing.
The victim explained that she’d gone outside to confront Tso, and asked him who he was and what he was doing.
Tso reportedly did get out of the car, but not before cussing the victim out, the complaint states.
According to the victim, when she told Tso she was going to call the cops, he said he was going to call the cops on her. The victim said she called the police because Tso began walking towards her while he was reaching into his pockets.
Watchman arrested Tso and took him to a local hospital to get medically cleared.
While he was at the hospital, Tso removed an IV the nurses had put in his arm and told Watchman he was ready to leave. He tried to walk out of the room, and Watchman had to place him on the ground so that he could handcuff him.
Tso was charged with breaking and entering and escaping from a peace officer. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 1.
CAUGHT AGAIN
Gallup, May 18
A woman with multiple warrants was caught with meth and fentanyl in the local Walmart parking lot.
On May 18, around 11:16 pm, Gallup Police Department’s Narcotics Unit’s Anthony Morales was sitting in the Walmart parking lot, 1650 W. Maloney Ave., when he noticed a woman who he knew had multiple warrants out for her arrest.
The woman was Geanine Villaneuva, 43. According to Morales’s criminal report, he watched Morales get out of a silver Mercury car and walk into the store.
She soon came back to the car, and waited in it for the two people she had arrived with.
Officers approached the vehicle and told Villaneuva she was under arrest. Villaneuva reportedly responded by saying she had a black bag in the back seat of the vehicle.
The vehicle’s owner allowed the officers to check the vehicle, and Morales found a bag of meth and some fentanyl in Villaneuva’s bag.
Villaneuva was arrested for two counts of possession of a controlled substance. Her preliminary hearing is on June 1.
PICKING A FIGHT
Gallup, May 15
A woman was arrested after she tried to pick a fight at a house party.
On May 15, around 8:49 pm, McKinley Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremy Shirley was dispatched to 8 Coronado Blvd. in Gallup because a fight had reportedly broken out.
When he got to the scene, Shirley noticed a woman, who was later identified as Rayshell Carviso, 27, hanging on to the passenger side door of a pickup truck. In his criminal complaint, Shirley noted that Carviso seemed intoxicated and upset.
While he was trying to figure out why she was upset, Carviso started yelling and pushing the officer. She eventually ended up scratching his chin.
Shirley tried to get Carviso handcuffed, but she tried to pull away from him by kicking her legs. Shirley was able to pull Carviso out of the pickup truck and put her on the ground to place handcuffs on her. He then placed her in his police vehicle before speaking with the witnesses.
A female victim explained that Carviso had been trying to fight with everyone at the party, and that Carviso had spit on her. The victim said she is unable to get the COVID-19 vaccine due to medical issues, and she was worried that Carviso might have COVID.
The victim said she wanted to file assault charges on Carviso. Carviso was charged with battery upon a police officer, battery on a household member, and resisting arrest. Her preliminary examination was on May 25.
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