STEALING BOOZE
Gallup, May 8
A woman named Danissa Smith, 36, is facing robbery charges after she allegedly stole a backpack that had booze in it.
On May 8 around 5:45 pm, Gallup Police Officer Gilbert Gonzales was dispatched to the Walgreens at 1870 E. Hwy. 66 after an apparent fight broke out. When he arrived at the scene, he met with a victim who said she’d been behind the store when a woman, who was later identified as Smith, approached her and then hit her in the face before she stole her Dallas Cowboys backpack.
The victim said the woman’s name was “Vanessa or something like that” and that she had long hair that was pulled up in a bun.
An officer found Smith in the area with the stolen backpack, which the victim identified as hers. She also noted that a bottle of vodka was missing from it.
According to Gozales’s report, an ambulance was called for the victim, and medical staff at a local hospital said she’d probably broken her right leg during the incident. Gonzales also stated that the victim had a bloody nose and a scratch near her left eye. The woman said she’d been injured when she fell after Smith attacked her.
Smith’s preliminary examination is scheduled for May 29.
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