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Thoreau, May 14

She invited him in. But the glow wore off quickly.

A woman called the police after a drunken man broke several items inside her mobile home.

On May 14, around 5:29 pm, McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Davis Jr. III was sent to #61-A Rose Street in Thoreau.

When the deputy met with the caller, she led him inside to a bedroom, where Brian Begay, 25, of Thoreau was seated on the bed. In the report he filed with the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office, Davis said Begay seemed calm when they met.

Davis asked Begay if he could speak with him outside in his patrol car. When the officer led Begay outside, he said he could smell liquor on the man’s breath.

When Davis asked him what was going on, Begay said nothing. Davis explained that the woman said he had broken some things inside her home. Begay stated that he hadn’t broken anything. Davis didn’t see any cuts or bruises on the man’s hands, so he let him go.

Davis returned to the house and photographed the damaged property. The woman pointed out a wooden structure/divider in the bathroom that had been broken.

She said she had invited Begay over to her house around noon. She said he had seemed fine at first, but then later on he began yelling at her children, telling them to get out. She asked him to leave, but he went into the bedroom and began breaking things.

The woman said the damaged property would cost about $300 to fix and that she would have to tell her landlord about it.

Davis took Begay to the Gallup Detox Center, and after checking with Metro Dispatch learned that he had an outstanding warrant. Begay was arrested. Deputy Terence Willie booked Begay at the McKinley County Adult Detention Center.

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Gamerco, May 6

A Gamerco woman woke up one morning to discover her car’s windshield and taillight had been shattered.

McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Clayton Etsitty was dispatched to 205 Ray Ave. in Gamerco On May 6, around 10:51 am

When he arrived at the scene the woman was standing by her car, a silver Nissan Sentra. She explained that she had gotten home from Farmington around 11 the night before. When she woke up the next morning, she noticed her car’s front window and right taillight had been smashed.

According to the report he filed with the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office, Etsitty checked the car to make sure it hadn’t been broken into. He said it hadn’t.

Etsitty asked the woman if anything had happened at her house last night, or if the neighbors might have been the ones responsible for the damage.

Deputies have been called out to a nearby address, 206 Ray Ave., in the past, but the woman said she didn’t think her neighbors had caused the damage.

She said she didn’t know when the damage might have taken place. Etsitty asked her if she knew of anyone who would want to break her car’s windshield, and the woman said some of her family members could possibly have a motive.

Etsitty told the victim he would file a report.