BROKEN T.V.
Gallup, June 14
A man broke into a woman’s apartment and broke her front door and her T.V.
On June 14, around 12:12 am, Gallup Police Officer Maria Olivares and Warren Bowannie were dispatched to the Sun Valley Apartments, 201 Joseph M Montoya Blvd., because of a call about property damage.
The caller was a woman who lived in the apartment above H51, and she told the officers that she had seen a man wearing a red shirt and blue jeans knocking on the apartment’s door several times before leaving. But according to the witness, the man, who was later identified as Randon Hooee, came back later and broke the glass door.
When the officers got to the scene, they noticed broken glass surrounding the door of apartment H51. When Olivares entered the apartment, she allegedly saw a T.V. on the floor and a wooden stand that was upside down, along with other small items scattered across the floor. All of this evidence led Olivares to believe that someone had broken into the apartment.
The witness said she saw Hooee, 37, leave the scene in a green and blue car.
The officers were able to speak to the owner of the apartment, who said she knew Hooee. She explained that Hooee had shown up at her mother’s house in Rock Springs around 11:45 pm looking for her. She explained that he had been angry with her because he believed she was dating another man.
Officers were able to locate Hooee near Viro Circle Park. Metro Dispatch informed the officers that Hooee had warrants out for his arrest.
The officers took Hooee back to the apartment complex, Where Olivares arrested him for breaking and entering and property damage of a household member.
The victim said the LG T.V. Hooee broke cost about $1,700. According to Olivares’s report, nothing else was broken or stolen except for the apartment door. A maintenance employee told the victim that the door would cost about $500 to replace.
Hooee’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 29.
CAUGHT WITH METH
Gallup, June 10
A man who had multiple warrants out for his arrest also had meth when police found him.
On June 10, around 10:09 pm, Gallup Police Officer Francis Collins was dispatched to Lowe’s, 1120 E. Hwy. 66, because a man had allegedly been beaten with a bat.
While Collins was out looking for the suspect, Lt. Melanie Padilla found two men walking along the highway, and one of them was carrying a bat. The man was identified as Patterson Cleveland, and according to Collins’s report, he had two warrants already out for his arrest.
Collins arrested Cleveland for his warrants and transported him to the McKinley County Adult Detention Center.
Around 1:00 am on June 11, someone at the detention center contacted Collins and told him that a white, crystal-like substance had been found in Cleveland’s bag. Collins collected the two baggies of the substance, which were later identified as meth.
Cleveland was charged with possession of a controlled substance. His preliminary hearing was on June 22.
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