The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office reported the following activity in Area 4 during the period of March 6-12. Area 4 covers approximately 1,800 square miles, and encompasses the unincorporated areas of Snowflake/Taylor, Shumway, Cedar Hills, White Mountain Lake and Show Low Pines. Persons who were cited, charged or arrested by the officers are accused of committing criminal activity, but such accusations should raise no inference of guilt. On Monday, March 7, Jacob Lee Cates, 38, of Snowflake was arrested for endangerment and aggravated DUI following a traffic stop in the 900 block of North Main Street in Taylor. Cates was arrested and booked into Navajo County Jail. On Thursday, March 10, Jacob Alexander Gallegos, 26, of White Mountain Lakes was arrested for custodial Interference and interfering with judicial proceedings after the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office was contacted about a missing juvenile out of the Phoenix area and learned the juvenile was at a residence on the 1700 block of Cox Drive in White Mountain Lakes. Gallegos was booked into the county jail.
