Man charged with child endangerment

A Church Rock man is facing numerous charges after being found intoxicated in a vehicle with two 16-year-old, and one 17-year-old teen, who were also reported to have been intoxicated.

Gallup City Patrol Officer Cindy Romancito noted there was a glass pipe in the vehicle, and an open miniature bottle of whiskey.

Avery Norton, 24, has been charged with his second DWI, possession of drug paraphernalia, three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor as well as four traffic violations.

He was arrested at about 9:45 pm on July 20, on the 300 block of West Maloney Avenue when Romancito reported seeing him run through a stop sign.

She said when she stopped the vehicle both he and a female passenger appeared to be in a daze. When Norton was asked to exit the vehicle, he also appeared to be unsteady on his feet.

He did agree to take field sobriety tests which he failed and later blew two samples of .12 on his breath alcohol test.

Her report did not indicate what happened to the three juveniles who were found in his vehicle at the time of his arrest, and the teens names were all redacted from the Gallup Police Department report.