PLAYGROUND OF NIGHMARES
11/25, GALLUP
A night and morning of arguing for Crystal Dickman, 32, landed her in jail for triple charges – battery on a household member, drug paraphernalia, and abandonment of child.
GPD Officer Ransom James was dispatched to 600 E. Wilson, the location of the Playground of Dreams park, Sgt. Francie Martinez was already on scene, with Dickman, who had her “lightly bundled” baby in a stroller, according to the police report. And this wasn’t appropriate attire for the cool, windy 49 degree weather.
As James interviewed Dickman back at the residence, she “threw punches in the air, hit the window of the residence, yelling out her statements in anger as if she wanted her husband” to hear her, the report states.
James noticed that Dickman failed to have diapers, warm clothes, formula or “adequate infant needs,” so he took her into custody for the child abandonment charge. From there, the situation escalated, and Dickman yelled both at police and her husband.
When James arrived at the jail with Dickman, she admitted to having a “bowl pipe.” Other paraphernalia was discovered in her purse as well.
DRUNK PARENTING
11/24, GALLUP
GPD officers were dispatched to 602 Dani Dr. after someone nearby heard a loud bang and a baby cry. When Officer Daniel Brown arrived at the apartment, he witnessed two intoxicated women trying to walk out of the apartment. One woman, identified as Raquel Stash, 24, was “fumbling a small child” as she attempted to leave.
Brown asked Raquel Stash to place the child on the couch. When he tried to enter the apartment, the second woman, Shernell Stash, 21, attempted to close the door on him, “preventing (me) from placing the child in a safe position,” according to the report.
As Brown went to place Shernell Stash under arrest, she allegedly pulled away from him, and fell down, kicking him in the process and scratching his left hand. She was arrested for battery on a police officer and for obstructing a police officer.
Raquel Stash was arrested for child abuse (placing child in a dangerous situation).
DOMESTIC ENCOUNTER
11/19, GALLUP
A Gallup man jailed on battery on a household member and abuse of a child charges was released from the McKinley County Adult Detention Center on Nov. 22, records show.
Gallup police officer Emery Holly of the Gallup Police Department wrote in a police report that Donaldson Pettigrew, 28, was involved in a domestic dispute on Nov. 19 along East Montoya Boulevard with his significant other.
Pettigrew was jailed on $3,000 bail bond, according to jail records.
When asked about the nature of the situation, Pettigrew said it was a simply argument between the two. The argument stemmed from Pettigrew inquiring to his partner in a telephone call as to when she was coming home from work. The reported victim ultimately started cleaning the kitchen, and then proceeded to leave the apartment, the report states.
It was stated in the report that Pettigrew accused the victim of cheating, and things further escalated.
At one point, Pettigrew pushed her, and she fell over her 2-year-old son, according to the police report. The woman locked herself and the child inside of a bathroom because she said she was scared, the police report states. She managed to call police from the locked bathroom, the police report states. B.Dotson
EXTRA CASH
11/19, GALLUP
A Gallup man who admitted that he was trying to make some extra cash by selling some dope, was out of jail as of Dec. 1 on a $5,000 bond, records show.
Christopher Etsitty, 32, was jailed on possession with the intent to distribute and possession charges after Deputy Nacona Clark of the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office saw the silver Pontiac Grand Am that Etsitty was driving pulled over along New Mexico 566, according to a police report. Clark had to shake Etsitty to get his attention. The incident happened on Nov. 19.
“Damn, I thought I was at home,” Etsitty told Clark at one point during the situation.
Clark discovered a small bottle of Yukon Jack and some Natural Ice beer on the floor board of the vehicle. An additional search of Etsitty’s car revealed a pipe commonly used for smoking and some marijuana. A large jar in the car revealed some of the same “leafy” substance, Clark recorded in the police report.
Etsitty conceded to a field sobriety test that he passed. On the marijuana matter, Etsitty told Clark he was simply trying to sell his “personal stash.”
METH-ING AROUND
11/18, THOREAU
A Continental Divide female remained jailed Dec. 1 on a possession of methamphetamine charge and a federal arrest warrant, according to jail records at the McKinley County Adult Detention Center.
Nicole Estranger, 36, was initially taken into custody Nov. 18 after Deputy Arnold Noriega of the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop in Thoreau. The stop was made due to the fact that a white Nissan in which Entringer was the passenger had just one functioning headlight.
Entringer’s bond amount was set at $3,500 and there was no bond via the federal warrant.
A male named John Kirk was the driver of the vehicle, however, Noriega ran a warrant search and discovered that Entringer had an outstanding warrant from McKinley County. Upon transporting Entringer to jail, Noriega recorded in the police report on the matter that Entringer revealed that she was in possession of some meth.
Kirk, the driver, was not arrested in the incident. B. Dotson
DRUNKEN FIGHT
11/17, GALLUP
When officers arrived at the home of Matthew Corsault, 21, and his significant other, Latricia Castillo, they found a room in disarray and a baby in a basinet.
According to GPD Officer John Gonzales’s report, there was a smashed TV, broken window, and a hole in the wall of the bedroom. And there was other children in the home as well. It was enough to book Castillo, 28, for aggravated battery on a household member and abandonment/abuse of a child. She claimed that Corsault threatened to beat her up, so she threw the TV at him, then allegedly jabbed him in the arm.
Corsault claimed that he wounded his arm, but it was a tough sell. Officers overheard him telling paramedics that he was stabbed. Corsault was arrested for outstanding warrants.
