A man threatened deputies after allegedly drinking hairspray.

On June 2, around 5:45 pm, McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Davis Jr. was dispatched to 50 Taos Rd. in Mentmore in reference to a woman who had called dispatch about a man being disorderly.

When he met with the caller, the female victim explained that Patrick Brown was still in the house, and that he’d been cursing at her all day, and he even stole her hairspray and ingested the substance.

The woman said that Brown, 42, had come out of his room and grabbed the hair product. When she asked for it back, he began cursing at her and told her to get out of his way.

According to Davis’s report, Brown told the woman...

BEER CAN BATTERY

Yatahey, N.M., June 5

A man smashed a beer can into a woman’s face, leaving her with a swollen lip.

On June 5, around 9:56 am, McKinley County Deputy Johnson Lee was dispatched to 13 Ark Hill in Yahatey because of a domestic dispute.

When he got to the scene, Lee noticed a man sleeping inside a blue pickup truck. Lee tried to wake the man up, who was eventually identified as Alviso Yazzie, but he was highly intoxicated.

Lee was able to detain Yazzie, 41, but a witness warned him that the man could get violent. Lee asked Yazzie what was going on, but the officer wasn’t able to understand his slurred speech.

According to Lee’s report, Yazzie admitted to...

ALBUQUERQUE –  New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas announced that two Second Judicial District Court judges independently granted the Attorney General’s motion to preventatively detain two dangerous serial shoplifters; Marvin Alderete, 29,  and Ashley Roybal, 25, on June 14.

Alderete was indicted on June 13 on 31 charges related to shoplifting, conspiracy, and aggravated assaults of store staff and personnel. Alderete faces over 40 years of potential incarceration if convicted at trial. Ashley Roybal faces over 18 years of potential incarceration on multiple felony charges of conspiracy and shoplifting.

“Holding these defendants in custody is the right decision, and...

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David Jacob Nez (1988)

May 6, 5:44 am

DWI (Third)

A Santa Fe man called Gallup Police stating he was being followed, but the call resulted in the man himself, David Jacob Nez, 34, being arrested for his third DWI.

Officer Iris Pinero was dispatched to the Red Roof Inn at 3304 W. Hwy. 66 after the call from Nez came into Metro Dispatch. When Pinero arrived at the scene, a blue Chrysler Concorde began pulling out of the driveway of the motel. The vehicle then stopped and the driver, Nez, exited the vehicle and told Pinero he had been followed for several days now.

Nez said he and his cousin, both of whom were homeless and in the vehicle, were parked in the lot of...