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WEEKLY DWI REPORT

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Steven O. Henry

April 15, 10 pm

3rd DWI

Gallup Police Department Officer Andrew Thayer was alerted to Henry’s alleged reckless driving by another cop while he was on the east side of Gallup. He caught up with Henry, who was driving a red sedan with no taillights.

Thayer pulled him over on the Miyamura overpass, and noticed the classic signs of intoxication – red, water eyes and slurred speech. He also reeked of alcohol. He agreed to take field sobriety tests, but failed those. He blew a .24/.25 during breath tests.

Henry, 42, was also cited for driving on a suspended/revoked license, and no tail lamps.

Vernon Roanhorse

April 15, 1:27 pm

3rd DWI, Aggravated

McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Robert Turney was on the lookout for Roanhorse after he learned that Sagebrush Liquors on State Route 264 refused to sell him alcohol. He caught up with Roanhorse and pulled him over on Francisco Pond Road, near a cattle guard.

Turney could smell booze wafting from the vehicle, and asked Roanhorse to turn off the ignition and hand him the keys.

“The driver then admitted to consuming alcohol around two hours prior,” the report states.

Roanhorse, 40, refused to take the required breath tests, earning an aggravated DWI. He was also cited for having no registration and no evidence of insurance.

Norman Chee

April 12, 5:18 pm

2nd DWI

Chee was apparently too drunk to flee a hit and run scene in the parking lot of Pronto Fina laundromat, 2424 E. Highway 66, according GPD Officer Joe Roanhorse’s report. When the driver confronted Chee, he started to hit things, like a bumper cat, while trying to take off, according to the witness, or victim, in this case.

The victim said Chee handed him his insurance card, then tried to drive off. The victim then said that Chee crashed into a cement retaining wall, then backed up into a light pole. Then Chee reportedly tried to drive between the laundromat and a retaining wall, nearly flipping the truck.

Chee eventually went back to the other side of the lot where he parked, stepped out of the truck, and fell on the ground. He got back in his truck, and the victim boldly confiscated his keys until officers arrived.

When Roanhorse arrived on scene, he noticed that Chee, 63, was parked halfway up a curb. He noted the obvious signs of intoxication, but Chee denied having anything to drink, at first. He then admitted to drinking two beers. Chee failed field sobriety tests, and blew .08 during a breath test.

Albertina Sandoval

April 11, 10:02 pm

2nd DWI

Gallup Police Department Officer Adrian Quetawki was dispatched to 1870 E. Highway 66 “for a female that was down and out inside of a vehicle,” his report states.

Sandoval, 27, was also blocking the driveway to a business, and one of three witnesses reached into her vehicle and took the keys out of the ignition. He asked Sandoval to step out of the vehicle and “she started to yell and become disorderly.” About that time, another officer arrived on scene and helped to take Sandoval out of the car.

Quetawki said that Sandoval repeatedly refused to give him her name or date of birth. Uncooperative, he placed her under arrest and into the back of his unit. He called Metro Dispatch to see if he could get her name. Next, Sandoval laid down in the backseat, and began to kick and scream. Quetawki got out of his patrol unit, and attempted to have her sit upright, but she returned to the former position.

Eventually, a family member arrived on scene and ID’d her. The screaming and disorderly fiasco continued at the jail, then a local hospital, and back at the jail.

Raelene Calladitto

Jan. 24, 10:14 am

2nd DWI, Aggravated

GPD Officer Timothy Hughte responded to the area of Henrietta and Ridgecrest avenues to assist Shift Sergeant Nicola Martinez with a vehicle that was pulled over in the parking lot of an apartment complex.

Calleditto was found to show the signs of intoxication, so Hughte took over the scene, according to the report. When he asked her to step in front of the vehicle, he noticed that she was off balance.

“She stated that she had a fifth,” the report states.

Calladitto, 28, engaged in the field sobriety tests, which she failed. But, she refused to take the breath test, earning an aggravated DWI charge.