The legal limit is .08
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A Gallup police officer saved a drunken woman Jan. 26 when he pulled her out of her vehicle and prevented her from getting killed by an oncoming train.
Anjoy Murphy was stopped at the intersection of Second Street and Historic Highway 66 when a call came in regarding a female “stopped” at the intersection. Upon arrival on the scene, Officer Andrew Thayer found Murphy, 51, asleep and with her vehicle running.
Thayer recoded that he placed his unit in front of Murphy’s so if she woke up she wouldn’t drive her car in front of an oncoming train. But as he was awakening Murphy, a train approached and Murphy’s car began to roll in the direction of the oncoming train.
Thayer grabbed a startled Murphy out of the car and to safety. Murphy received knee injuries, but was treated by MedStar personnel and was not hospitalized.
Murphy was subsequently charged with aggravated DWI (second offense), lack of car insurance, failure to obey traffic control devices and driving on a revoked or suspended license. She was booked into the McKinley County Adult Detention Center on $3,000 bond. B.Dotson
Sophina Thompson
Jan. 26, 4:14 am
DWI
After rear-ending another vehicle near the intersection of Boardman Drive and East Historic Route 66, it was discovered by the Gallup police DWI Task Force that Sophina Thompson, 41, of Crownpoint, was under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, according to information from the Gallup Police Department.
Task Force Sgt. Benny Gaona recorded in a police report that Thompson’s grey 4-door Chevy caused a crash. Thompson told officers that she had been drinking prior to the incident.
“She said she had beers earlier this morning,” Gaona wrote.
According to the police report, Thompson swayed when she stood. She had “glossy, bloodshot and watery eyes,” the police report states.
Thompson blew a .12 on a roadside breath test. The legal limit in New Mexico is .08.
Thompson bonded out of the McKinley County Adult Detention Center on the same day on a $1,000 bond. B.Dotson
Candace Peralto
Jan. 26, 4:15 am
DWI
A Prewitt female was taken into custody and released hours later after getting being booked for a DWI and consuming and possessing alcohol charges, according to the Gallup Police Department.
Candace Peralto, 27, was jailed at the McKinley County Adult Detention Center after Officer Justin Benally got a call about a woman asleep in the parking lot of Bishop Optical on South Second Street and near Sports Page. The female was in a running car that was still in gear, the police report states.
Benally recorded that a security guard at Sports Page said he observed that Peralta was in a car with the engine running and not really aware of her surroundings. The security guard was unable to momentarily get Peralto’s attention.
Benally arrived on the scene and immediately noticed that Peralta was under the influence of something and began field sobriety tests, according to the police report on the incident.
“I wasn’t able to perform a breath test due to Candace falling asleep and crying,” Bennally wrote in the report.
Peralto bonded out on $1,750, jail records show. B.Dotson
Emilio Chavez
Dec. 20, 5:25 pm
DWI
Gallup Police Department Det. Nicola Martinez was manning the DWI checkpoint at the intersection of Woodrow and East Hwy 66 when she came into contact with Chavez.
Martinez said in her report that she could smell the odor of marijuana wafting from Chavez’s car. She asked him if there was something that she should be concerned about. He reportedly told her that he had a pipe in the center console and that he smoked some pot 30 minutes prior to getting behind the wheel.
He retrieved the items for Martinez, along with a grinder. His mom showed up at some point and took the vehicle. Chavez, 19, was also booked for possession of drug paraphernalia. He refused testing with Martinez noting in the report that he was “anticipating that his mom was going to bail him out.”
Lynette Brown
Dec. 20, 3:49 pm
Aggravated DWI
Brown was also nabbed at the DWI checkpoint at Woodrow and East Hwy 66, but this time by GPD Officer Justin Benally. He noted in his report that she had a blank stare on her face, and red glossy eyes. He could smell alcohol coming from Brown, and noticed a “Coors Light” beer in the center console.
Benally had Brown, 46, step out of her vehicle and walk down to Woodrow Drive so he could conduct field sobriety tests, but she refused, and was immediately arrested. She blew a .19/.18 during the breath tests.
Shane Boyd
Dec. 20, 8 pm
DWI
Boyd was also arrested for DWI at the checkpoint at Woodrow and East Hwy 66. When GPD Officer Chavo Chischilly approached the vehicle, Boyd, 38, appeared to be having some trouble rolling down his window. When he did get it down a couple of inches, Chischilly noted in his report that he could smell booze lingering from the vehicle.
He admitted to having some booze earlier that day, and when he rolled down the window some more the signs of intoxication were obvious. He failed the field sobriety tests and blew a .14 and .13 during the breath tests.
Kunyola L. Eaglefeather
Oct. 12, 5:37 am
DWI
GPD Officer Chavo Chischilly was called to a scene of an accident at 1712 Freedom Dr. When he arrived at the scene he noticed that Eaglefeather’s vehicle had sustained some front end damage.
According to the report, when he asked her if she had anything to drink, she replied, “a pint of vodka.”
Eaglefeather, 22, didn’t fare well on the field sobriety tests, and blew a .14 twice during the breath tests. She was also cited for careless driving, no insurance, no vehicle registration and no driver’s license.