SCREWDRIVER STABBING

Gallup, 11/23

Deputy Roberta Jaramillo responded to a call that a man had been stabbed, but while in route to the scene of the alleged crime at Grand Canyon Trailer Park, she was told by Metro Dispatch that   the victim was walking toward Navajo Shopping Center.

According to Jaramillo’s report, she soon discovered that the stabbing victim was at Gallup Indian Medical Center, and had been stabbed in the ear with a screwdriver. His ear was nearly sliced in half and a hematoma was forming on his neck. Apparently, he had gotten into the middle of a domestic dispute that involved one of his relatives.

Meanwhile, the domestic brawl continued at the trailer park, with windows being broken and tempers flaring. By the time police arrived, the suspected brawlers had fled the scene.

CARWASH JACKED

Thoreau, 11/21

Talk of the Town carwash was broken into sometime after 10 pm on Nov. 21. Thanks to video surveillance, owner Jimmy Cotant was able to provide evidence that two thieves used a crowbar to pry open a coin box on one carwash stall, in addition to two coin boxes welded onto vacuum cleaners.

The thieves made off with $500-$600 worth of quarters, along with the damaged boxes. Cotent suspects it was two thieves that hit his establishment a couple of months ago, according to Deputy Ivan Tsethlikai’s report.

THIEVING BOYFRIEND?

Yatahey, 11/20

A 21-year-old Yatahey woman called on police to report that someone ransacked her bedroom and rifled though her grandmother’s belongings. The woman told police that she immediately noticed a broken window and that her boyfriend’s items were gone from her room.

It quickly turned into a case of “he said, she said” when she told McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy James Garylle that she had spoken to her boyfriend on the phone, who, she said, sat in the car while his friends broke into her place. Items reported missing include an iPad mini, silver iPad mini with case and a black, Dell laptop computer.

ROBBERS SUCK

Manuelito, 11/16

A Manuelito resident is feeling the sting of having his place burglarized. According to Deputy Arnold Noriega’s report, the thief or thieves reportedly made off with nearly $3,400 worth of his possessions.

This included jewelry, televisions, multiple tools, a computer, and Remington rifle. The thief or thieves made their way into the north side of the residence, using a a piece of 2’ x 4’ piece of wood to boost themselves into the window.

LOCK YOUR DOORS

Jamestown, 11/13

Sometimes you can’t trust those closest to you – including children. A Jamestown couple didn’t lock their car door and came out in the morning to find that there was money and checks missing from the wife’s purse. She immediately suspected her son and it turns out, according to Deputy Monty Yazzie’s report, that the checkbook was stolen a week earlier.

The husband said they froze the account, but it appears some spending was done – about $177 worth. The handwriting on the forged checks allegedly matches their son’s.