Legal limit is .08
Erin Juan Sandoval
Oct. 15, 3:05 pm
DWI, Aggravated
McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Josie Bowman was advised of a possible drunk driver at the Tohlakai Shell gas station off U.S. 491, according to a police report.
According to Bowman, Sandoval, 46, got out of the vehicle and went into the business. When he came out, Bowman made contact with Sandoval and requested Deputy Tammy S. Houghtaling to join her at the scene.
According to Houghtaling’s report, at the scene, Sandoval admitted to drinking. He allegedly smelled of alcohol, and had slurred speech and bloodshot, watery eyes. He failed field sobriety tests and blew .17 and .18 during breath testing. There was an open container of beer in the car. Sandoval was arrested and booked for aggravated DWI.
Derrick Jim
Oct. 13, 11:09 pm
DWI
MCSO Deputy Lorenzo A. Guerrero was on patrol eastbound on Hwy. 118 near mile-marker 23, when he noticed a silver Chevy, also headed eastbound, cross over the middle yellow line. It turned onto Aztec Avenue and crossed over road lines several more times, according to Guerrero’s report.
Guerrero pulled Jim, 27, over at 202 Tocito Trail in Gallup. According to the report, Jim smelled of alcohol and admitted to drinking earlier in the day. Jim failed field sobriety tests and blew .11 and .10 during breath testing. He was booked for his first DWI and a suspended license.
Trish B. Pete
Oct. 12, 1:48 am
2nd DWI, Aggravated
Gallup Police Department Officer Dominic Molina was parked in a lot at 204 W. Aztec Ave. when he noticed a blue Ford heading northbound through the parking lot very slowly, according to his report. The vehicle turned east on Aztec Avenue and continued slowly on, about 10 miles per hour below the speed limit.
The vehicle’s registration was expired and Molina conducted a traffic stop at 600 E. Aztec Ave.
Pete, 24, smelled of alcohol and slurred her speech. According to the report, she had a suspended license for a previous DWI. She failed field sobriety tests and blew .18 twice during breath testing.
There was a 4-year-old child in the car, in the back seat, without a seatbelt, sleeping, as well as a drunk adult male.
Pete was taken to Gallup Indian Medical Center for medical clearance before she was booked in to jail.
Francisco Cerna
Oct. 8, 3:58 am
DWI, Aggravated
MCSO Deputy Arnold J. Noriega was traveling south on the Munoz Overpass near the intersection of N.M. 602 and Aztec Avenue when he stopped at the traffic signal.
According to his report, when Noriega continued on, he noticed a black Chevy Silverado stopped at the red light. When Noriega passed the vehicle, he noticed the front left tire was completely off and there was heavy front damage to the left headlight and fender.
When Noriega approached the car’s window, according to his report, he could not make out everything Cerna, 19, was saying because Cerna’s speech was slurred. There were several cans of beer in the vehicle, as well as an open bottle of vodka.
Noriega wrote that when he asked Cerna what his vehicle had hit, Cerna said, “he didn’t really know.”
Cerna failed field sobriety tests. The crash scene was determined to be at Ford and Aztec.
Cerna blew .17 twice during breath testing. He was transported to a local hospital and taken to McKinley County Adult Detention Center for booking after he was medically cleared.
Paul Williams
Oct. 7, 1:54 pm
6th DWI, Aggravated
GPD Officer Andrew Thayer was dispatched to 413 S. Coyote Canyon Dr. in reference to a crash.
According to Thayer’s report, at the scene, he made contact with Williams, 56, who was unconscious behind the wheel, with the vehicle running.
Williams had red, bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol, and when he exited the vehicle, he used it for support, according to Thayer’s report. There was a six-pack in the car, with three beers missing and one open. Two empty minis were also in the car.
Williams failed a field sobriety test and refused another because he was “a little bit intoxicated,” Thayer wrote.
He blew .266 on the portable breath test and was taken to a local hospital for a blood draw. He had five prior DWI’s and was on the DWI felony list.
Francisco G. Holbert
Oct. 6, 11:47 pm
2nd DWI
MCSO Sgt. Eric D. Jim was on patrol eastbound on Maloney Avenue, when he noticed a small red Chevy with a camper shell heading west at a high rate of speed, according to a report. The driver ran a stop sign at Ninth Street and Jefferson Avenue. He drove on over the speed limit for a while, running a red light, before he finally got stuck on dirt road off Superman Canyon Road. The driver fled on foot.
According to Jim’s report, supporting officers located Holbert, 29, east of the patrol units, lying on the ground. Holbert said “he was running because he was worthless and had nothing to live for,” Jim wrote.
Holbert refused field sobriety tests and blew .13 and .11 during breath testing. He was booked for his second DWI.