The legal limit is .08.
Shawn Dawes
2nd DWI, Aggravated
Dec. 17, 2:05 am
Dawes alerted Gallup Police Department Officer John Gonzales by driving with his headlights turned off down Hwy 66. Gonzales, who was traveling eastbound, turned around near the intersection of Arnold street to check on Dawes.
According to the police report, Dawes, 26, sped up and started driving on the shoulder. At this point, Gonzales turned on his overhead lights and sirens. Dawes increased his speed until he arrived at the intersection of Marguerite and pulled into the parking lot of Sonic west.
When Gonzales approached the vehicle, Dawes denied having any drinks, the report states, but the signs of intoxication were present. Gonzales could smell alcohol on his breath, and noted that Dawes had bloodshot, watery eyes, and a glass bottle of Blue Moon beer in the center console.
Dawes failed the field sobriety tests and refused to take the two required breath tests. Another officer found a pipe, earning Dawes an extra charge of possessing drug paraphernalia, along with open container and driving without headlights on.
Angela A. Begaye
2nd DWI, Aggravated
Dec. 16, 1:17 am
Begaye, 49, caught the attention of McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Ivan Tsethlikai when he saw her turning left toward the TravelCenters of America. But, she missed the entrance. Instead she ran into a drainage ditch. According to the deputy’s report, Begaye continued on until she ran over a curb.
Tsethlikai initiated a traffic stop, and he immediately smelled the strong odor of booze coming from the driver’s side as he approached the vehicle. When he approached Begaye, her eyes were bloodshot and she was slurring her words. She refused to take the field sobriety tests, but did submit to taking the two required breath tests. She blew a .20 twice.
Herman Chee
3rd DWI, Aggravated
Nov. 29, 5:20 pm
Chee was pulled over for not using a turn signal as he made a right turn at the intersection of Sixth Street and Coal Avenue. When GPD Officer Dominic Molina approached the white Ford truck, Chee was on the phone with a woman.
Molina ran the plates, which had expired registration, and he learned that the registration tags were for a black pick up truck.
When asked for his driver’s license and insurance card, Chee, 50, said he didn’t have either item. Molina could smell alcohol on Chee’s breath and noticed that he was slurring his words. He did admit to having “two small ones” at about 7 am.
Chee didn’t fare well on the field sobriety tests, and blew a .18 and .16 during the breath tests.
Leibert Lynch
2nd DWI, Aggravated
Nov. 29, 9:46 pm
GPD Officer Molina assisted Officer Andrew Thayer in a traffic stop. Molina was working the DWI task force.
The vehicle was already pulled over when Molina approached Lynch. Molina asked him to step out of the vehicle. With the signs of intoxication present, Molina asked Lynch if he had been drinking. According to the police report, Lynch said that he had a “4 Loko” beer.
Lynch, 26, engaged in one of the field sobriety tests, then said that he didn’t want to do any more tests. The report didn’t indicate the results – or whether Lynch refused – to take the breath tests.
Jerome Yazzie
2nd DWI
Nov. 24, 7:02 pm
Yazzie reportedly stole his mom’s truck, who lives on Midway Drive in Mentmore, and took it on a high speed joy ride down County Road 1, eventually punching out a friend at Long’s Rodeo Arena and leaving him to hoof it back home.
MCSO Lt. James Maiorano caught up with the heavily intoxicated man with facial injuries, and stated in his report that as the two spoke, he saw headlights headed toward the front of his patrol unit. He pushed the man into the backseat, and got as close as he could to his unit. He narrowly escaped being sideswiped by Yazzie.
A chase pursued from there, but, Yazzie, 33, sped back at his mother’s home on Midway Drive. On arrival, he threw the car keys out of the window. Maiorano told Yazzie, who stands about 6’3” and weighs 400 lbs, to get on the ground. From there, he was uncooperative and refused to give his name and take any field sobriety tests.
A nearly empty 750 ml bottle of Importer’s Vodka was found on the passenger seat. And he caused damage to the right, rear door of Maiorano’s unit by kicking it, which he stated, no longer closes correctly. Things were nasty to the end. As Yazzie exited the unit, he said to Maiorano, “F-c-ers like you are getting killed every day.”
Dillon W. Martinez
2nd DWI
Nov. 21, 11:43 pm
MCSO Deputy Arnold Noriega took to social media to get information on a suspected shooting in the Gamerco area. As he headed up Chino Loop he noticed a white Ford pickup truck that matched the description of the alleged shooter. Noriega flipped a U-turn and proceeded to pull the truck over. Instead, the truck took off at a high rate of speed.
Noriega lost contact with the truck after it turned its headlights off and turned on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area. The same man that contacted Noriega about the possible shooting, contacted him via social media and said that someone stole Dillon Martinez’s truck.
But, as Noriega spoke to witnesses it became apparent that Martinez, 21, was driving the truck that had fled from Noriega earlier. Martinez appeared intoxicated, and according to Noriega’s report, he admitted, to having four beers. He engaged in the field sobriety tests, and blew a .08/.07 during the breath tests.
Fredrick B. Hudson
2nd DWI, Aggravated
Nov. 20, 1:28 am
It’s not clear why Hudson, 36, didn’t let his girlfriend drive his pickup truck. She was sober, and he had apparently knocked back some beers. According to Deputy Noriega’s report, Hudson was weaving over the white lines as he drove, prompting the traffic stop.
Hudson refused to take field sobriety and breath tests.
Raymond Kee Yazzie
5th DWI
Nov. 10, 1:12 am
GPD Officer Gonzales was dispatched to the area of Virgie’s restaurant in reference to someone driving recklessly in a white Jeep Cherokee. He quickly discovered the vehicle and pulled it over on W. Hwy 66.
As Gonzales approached the jeep he could tell that the driver, Yazzie, was impaired. He also noticed an empty bottle of vodka and two cans of beers on the floorboard. His passengers were also intoxicated and were transferred to detox by a Community Service Aid van.
Yazzie, 47, refused to take the field sobriety tests, but took a breath test. He blew a .21.
