The Gallup Police Department arrested two mothers after they found them intoxicated in the care of their children.
Woman arrested after fight with kids, parents
GPD Officer Charles Steele arrested Rebecca Harrison, 32, July 29 after being called to the residence on Clark Ave. to investigate a domestic dispute which had turned physical.
“Upon my arrival – the front door was open and we could hear commotion,” Steele said in his report. “The front screen door had what appeared to be blood smears along the glass.”
In the back room, they found Douglas Harrison, 57, of Window Rock, Ariz. holding down Rebecca. Her mother Geri was emotional and crying.
Douglas and Geri told police that when they came into the residence, they saw that Rebecca was upset and saw her slap one of her children in the face.
“Douglas told her not to hit her kids like that and Rebecca then turned on him,” Steele said.
The blood on the glass came from Geri’s arm, according to the report, when the argument turned physical. The three children, ages seven months, six and 11, were found outside in the grandparents vehicle. They reportedly told police that her mother was drinking and that she had hit the six year old child and “lightly slapped” the seven month old “on the facial cheeks.”
“None of the children had visible injuries to them,” Steele said in his report.
Rebecca was arrested for two counts of child abuse, a third degree felony and one count of battery on a household member against her mother.
Don’t drink and breastfeed
Alma Bahe, 34, of Gallup was arrested by GPD Officer Luke Martin after she was found to be three times over the legal driving limit while breastfeeding her four month old son.
The father of the child called the police and asked them to do a welfare check on his son at the mother’s residence on Ryan Lane Aug. 6.
Martin and Officer Andrea Tsosie went to the residence where they could not get anyone to come to the door. A witness, who had been at the residence earlier, also told police that Bahe had been drinking, carrying the child and breastfeeding.
“Two female individuals later opened the front door and were identified as Cory Chee and Courtney Billie,” Martin said in his report. “Ms. Chee and Ms. Billie were intoxicated and advised that the child was in the bedroom with Ms. Bahe who was asleep.”
Bahe was found there with the baby, who was breastfeeding, according to the report. Officers saw various alcoholic beverages lying around the room.
“All the adults in the residence were intoxicated and did not appear to be capable of caring for the four month old child,” Martin said.
Bahe was arrested, and the child, although not showing any signs of injury, was taken to a local hospital for an exam. The child was released to his father. Bahe was taken to the McKinley County Adult Detention Center where she was given a breathalyzer, results of .26. She was charged with abandonment/abuse of a child.