“SPIDERS OR WEED”
Gallup, Sept. 5
A McKinley County Sheriff’s deputy found a man hanging out in a ditch with some drug paraphernalia. He said he had only found it, but he’s now facing charges.
On Sept. 5 while on duty, McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Valle met a man named Nathaniel Joe in the ditch next to the SpringHill Suites, which is located at 1025 W. Lincoln Ave.
While Valle was speaking to Joe, 51, he noticed that the man had some aluminum foil with a black burnt-like substance on it. When Valle asked him about it, Joe said he was picking up trash. He was also reportedly holding a small metal pipe.
According to Valle’s report, Joe said he was holding drug paraphernalia, and that he didn’t have any narcotics on him. When Valle asked him again why he was holding the aluminum foil, Joe said he was picking up foil and seeing if there was anything in it. Valle asked him to clarify, and Joe said he was looking for “spiders or weed” in the foils.
Joe reportedly had a bag full of aluminum foil with him, but he claimed it wasn’t his. He had allegedly only found it on the ground.
Valle found out that Joe had an outstanding warrant through Metro Dispatch. He placed Joe under arrest for the warrant as well as the possession of the drug paraphernalia.
When Valle checked Joe’s bag, he found even more foil with a black burnt-like substance on it and a hydrocodone pill bottle prescribed to someone else. The bottle contained one pill of hydrocodone. It is a schedule 2 controlled substance.
Joe was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. His second preliminary hearings scheduled for Oct. 9.
A FAKE NAME
Gallup, Sept. 19
A woman is facing multiple charges after police officers caught her with drug paraphernalia and she gave them a fake name.
On Sept. 19, Officer Kyler Bowekaty was patrolling the area near Aztec Avenue and Highway 66 when he noticed a woman who was later identified as Monique Hoskie sitting underneath a tree at Holiday Nursery Inc., 224 Valley View Dr.
Bowekaty and Officer Warren Bowannie approached Hoskie, 35, and she allegedly told them her name was Jalisa Hoskie and that she was born on Feb. 24, 1996.
The officers asked her to empty her pockets, and as she did so Bowekaty allegedly saw a piece of aluminum foil in one of her pockets. According to Bowekaty’s report, Hoskie tried to hide the foil, but Bowannie told her he’d seen it and that she shouldn’t hide it.
Besides the aluminum foil Hoskie also had a black pipe.
Bowekaty arrested Hoskie around 3:45 pm on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. As Bowekaty was placing Hoskie in the back of his patrol unit, Bowannie told him that Hoskie had a warrant out for her arrest. She also admitted to Bowannie that she’d given them a fake name initially.
Hoskie’s warrant was for possession of a controlled substance.
After he learned all of this, Bowekaty decided to do a further search of Hoskie’s belongings. He searched her bag and found another black pipe as well as several metal tools. In his report he stated that the tools are used to scrape narcotics out of pipes.
In addition to her drug paraphernalia charge Hoskie was charged with concealing her identity. Her pretrial hearing is scheduled for Oct. 17.
BREAKING INTO A TRUCK
Gallup, Sept. 21
A man from Manuelito is being charged with breaking and entering after a police officer found him sleeping in a truck that didn’t belong to him.
On Sept. 21, around 9:45 am, Gallup Police Officer Patrick Largo was dispatched to DePauli Engineering and Surveying at 307 S. Fourth St. after a man was found asleep in the driver’s seat of a vehicle.
When Largo arrived at the scene, he noticed a dark gray Dodge Ram pick-up truck parked in the parking lot. As he approached the truck, he saw several tools scattered around in the truck’s bed. In the driver’s seat he found a man who was later identified as Mark James.
James, 36, was allegedly asleep. Largo announced his presence and the man woke up. When Largo asked him his name, James gave the name of “Myron Yazzie.” Largo eventually learned that that was a fake name.
The man explained that he’d been waiting for his uncle, but when Largo asked him for his uncle’s name, he couldn’t provide it. Largo asked him about the items scattered around the truck bed, and James allegedly became upset and said he’d pick them up later.
According to his report, Largo became suspicious of James’ behavior and he decided to place him in the back of his patrol car. He then proceeded to check the truck out further, and that’s when he noticed that the vehicle’s rear window was shattered.
When Largo ran the truck’s plates numbers they came back as registered to one of the DePauli Engineering and Surveying’s owners. The vehicle owner confirmed that he’d locked the truck’s doors before he left it outside the business the day before. He also said that the rear window wasn’t busted when he left for the night.
James was charged with breaking and entering. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 2.
