The following incidents were among the 594 handled by the Snowflake-Taylor Police Department (STPD) during the period of July 19 – Aug. 1. Persons who were cited, charged or arrested by STPD officers are accused of committing a civil violation or of criminal activity, but such accusations should raise no inference of guilt. At 7:36 p.m. on Wednesday, July 19, Kendrick Montez-Simpson, 23, was cited and released for assault after officers responded to a fight at the Family Dollar, located at 36 S. Main St. in Snowflake. At 10 p.m. on Wednesday, David Johnson, 40, of Snowflake was arrested for disorderly conduct and criminal damage after an officer was dispatched to a possible domestic violence incident at Ponderosa Drive and Crest View Drive in Snowflake. Johnson was booked into the Navajo County Jail. At 8:24 a.m. on Friday, July 21, damage to the bathrooms was reported at Heritage Park on North Main Street in Snowflake. At 8:01 p.m. on Saturday, July 22, Garret Jackson, 26, of Taylor was arrested for violation of an order of protection at the Taylor Rodeo Grounds, located on West Center Street in Taylor. Jackson was booked into the county jail. At 3:59 a.m. on Sunday, July 23, a person reported the theft of a work vest, OC (pepper) spray and two sets of handcuffs from a vehicle parked on West 8th South Street in Snowflake. At 6:38 p.m. on Sunday, a Snowflake resident reported the theft of 2018 Honda CRF125F motorcycle. At 7:22 a.m. on Tuesday, July 25, Robert Alan Walker, 70, of Taylor was arrested for disorderly conduct/domestic violence and four counts of indecent exposure after an officer responded to a report of indecent exposure. Walker was booked into the county jail. At 9:23 a.m. on Friday, July 28, Jared Perkins, 32, of Snowflake was arrested for shoplifting, possession of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia after an employee of Family Dollar Store reported that two individuals filled a garbage can with merchandise and exited through the emergency exit. At 6:13 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, a resident reported graffiti on a home on East Walnut Drive in Taylor. On Saturday, Cordney Brown, 28, of Taylor and Guadalupe Marquez, 30, of Snowflake were each cited and released for disorderly conduct, and Raeannen Stewart, 27, of Taylor was arrested for disorderly conduct and assault after an officer responded to Park Meadow Apartments, located at 180 S. Highland Drive in Taylor for a verbal dispute between neighbors. Stewart was booked into the county jail. At 12:03 p.m. on Sunday, July 30, an employee of Family Dollar reported the theft of $100 in merchandise. At 3:16 p.m. on Sunday, Michael Valandra, 24, of Taylor was arrested for DUI, aggravated DUI with a passenger under 15, threatening and intimidating, and failure to comply with a court order following a traffic stop on a Honda three-wheeler ATV. Valandra was booked into the county jail. At 4:13 p.m. on Sunday, Jamie Hibbard, 41, of Concho was arrested for theft of a credit card, fraudulent use of a credit card, possession of drug paraphernalia, displaying a fictitious license plate and driving on a suspended license, and David Spence, 48, of Snowflake was arrested for possession of a weapon by a prohibited possessor following a traffic stop on Centennial Blvd. and Rodeo Road in Taylor. At 8:41 a.m. on Monday, July 31, Christopher Gonzales, 31, of Holbrook was cited and released for DUI and DUI/drugs following a traffic stop on South Main Street in Snowflake. At 10:03 p.m. on Monday, Trey Hoyungowa, 25, of Holbrook was arrested for DUI, DUI with a blood alcohol content of .08% or more and DUI with a passenger under 15 following a traffic stop on Highway 77 in Taylor with Hoyungowa’s 7-year-old son in the vehicle. Hoyungowa was booked into the county jail. At 6:43 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 1, David Monreal, 52, of Snowflake was arrested for criminal damage/domestic violence and a warrant after officers responded to the 1900 block of West Palomino Drive in Taylor for a report of a vehicle with slashed tires.
